backstop
Example Sentences
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He says time is now his most precious commodity, adding: "You just don't have that backstop, do you? That extra support."
From BBC
“We thank the jurors for their service as an essential backstop against prosecutorial overreach in our constitutional system,” they said in a statement to The Times.
From Los Angeles Times
Yet despite the active season and still-substantial losses, the pricing of backstop insurance for insurers, or reinsurance, is set to drop sharply in 2026.
The Senate proposal would also extend $10 million in coverage to credit unions, which have long shared similar deposit insurance limits as banks, albeit backstopped by separate funds.
From Barron's
The Ellison family has vowed to backstop the whole $40.7 billion equity commitment, crucial to winning over the Warner board and shareholders that the deal would close.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
