lynchpin
noun
lynch·pin
less common spelling of linchpin
1
: a locking pin inserted crosswise (as through the end of an axle or shaft)
2
: one that serves to hold together parts or elements that exist or function as a unit
the linchpin in the defense's case
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Walsh is the lynchpin connecting defence and attack and Stanway is the engine.
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Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 27 June 2025
Meanwhile, Rwanda has been a lynchpin for the Basketball Africa League (BAL), the NBA's first professional basketball league outside of North America.
—Nuri Kino, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
Developing empathy is a lynchpin to creating a human-centric work model.
—Dileep Marway, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
And David Yannetti — Read's Boston lawyer and the local lynchpin — may have the most to gain.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2025
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Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 27 June 2025
Meanwhile, Rwanda has been a lynchpin for the Basketball Africa League (BAL), the NBA's first professional basketball league outside of North America.
—Nuri Kino, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
Developing empathy is a lynchpin to creating a human-centric work model.
—Dileep Marway, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
And David Yannetti — Read's Boston lawyer and the local lynchpin — may have the most to gain.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2025
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“Lynchpin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lynchpin. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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