keystone
Example Sentences
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One can’t make a list like this without including the keystones of modern detective fiction.
From Los Angeles Times
The home became a keystone of Gehry’s work, and a symbol of rebellion against architectural polish and formality.
From Los Angeles Times
The sculptures lovingly sanctify a keystone’s rational but enigmatic contradiction of mechanics and function.
From Los Angeles Times
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.
They "play a central role in the food web, consuming fish and invertebrates and recycling nutrients" and are one of the "keystone species" of their ecosystem.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
