backbone

Example Sentences

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The restaurateur is the third generation of his family to run Wattana Panich, famed for the geriatric “mother stock” that forms the backbone of its signature beef noodle soup.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

The feeling that nowhere is safe is a durable horror concept, the backbone behind such classics as “Nightmare on Elm Street” and “It Follows.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

Memory chips are the storage and processing backbone of virtually every electronic device, from smartphones to the AI data centers now consuming those chips at record rates.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 18, 2026

Fannie and Freddie are the backbone of the U.S. mortgage-finance system, which makes any tinkering with their structure especially risky.

From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026

Was it possible—the tension, the withdrawals, the pillow-muted sobbing behind locked doors, all due to an out-of-order backbone?

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote