keystone
Example Sentences
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Laviolette acknowledged that Los Angeles needed to change, highlighting that an attack-forward mindset has been a keystone of his coaching.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
"We are committed to working with local people to minimise the risk of effects from beavers on other land uses, while enabling beavers to resume their place as a keystone species in our ecosystem."
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
She pointed to the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, a keystone document on international space law that President Lyndon Johnson signed onto.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026
Last year, some 1,000 U.S. troops withdrew from neighboring Niger, ending a nearly decadelong partnership that was the keystone of U.S. counterterrorism operations in the region.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
I must set the keystone in the arch.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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