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linchpin

[linch-pin] / ˈlɪntʃˌpɪn /






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Trade is another linchpin to this week’s superpower summit.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

It’s an expensive extension of Adidas’s ongoing “You Got This” campaign and the linchpin of a global World Cup marketing effort that the German sports brand hopes will turbocharge U.S. sales in particular.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

That could anger the White House as negotiators for the United States, Mexico and Canada open talks on a renewed free-trade accord — a linchpin of Mexico’s export-dependent economy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

Vitol plays a linchpin role in the global economy as one of a handful of companies connecting far-flung energy producers and users and managing the movement of billions of dollars of oil and other commodities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Sargo had been the linchpin in Nazi spy networks not only in Argentina, but also across all of South America.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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