linchpin
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The projects would have helped conserve the imperiled spiky succulents that draw millions of visitors to Joshua Tree each year and play a key role as a linchpin of the Mojave Desert ecosystem.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Yet the AI build-out increasingly has been a linchpin of both U.S. stocks and the bond market.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Among them are England linchpin Georgia Stanway - on a free from Bayern Munich - and Ona Batlle, the former Manchester United full-back and multiple Champions League winner from Barcelona.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Hardware being a linchpin of IBM’s revenue is one reason investors found the company’s recent sales decline so alarming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Oppenheimer’s dissembling would be exploited by Strauss and Robb to discredit virtually his every word, becoming a linchpin of the campaign to destroy him.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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