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backbone

[bak-bohn] / ˈbækˌboʊn /


NOUN
spinal column of vertebrate
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Now, international airlines are extending flight suspensions, and conferences central to Gulf travel are being pushed into next year, putting the backbone of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia’s economic diversification efforts in jeopardy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Kevin Miller, the boss of Apex HR, in Plymouth, said small businesses were "the backbone of the whole economy" and needed help.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

It is "a backbone of the web", according to security firm Wiz Research, which says it used AI to find vulnerabilities hidden in PHP for more than a decade.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Although the scientists did not recover a complete skeleton, the preserved backbone provides important clues about the snake's enormous proportions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

The words chosen for the banners were the backbone of the National Woman’s Party protest.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

The chart shows strongly performing security and infrastructure, which provides “critical data backbones, compute pipelines and complex protection systems that generative models actively expand rather than displace.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

"Big pharma's GLP-1 backbones are already excellent," Eastman said.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 28, 2026

For decades, palaeontologists believed that the largest ocean predators were vertebrates with backbones such as fish and reptiles while invertebrates like octopuses and squid played supporting roles.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

Animals without a backbones evolved first, around 700 million years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

Turner sat on the stool, and he heard her settle backbones creaking and snapping.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt


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