backboned

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for backboned
Adjective
  • This results in a charge imbalance that builds up an electric field strong enough to trigger flashes of lightning.
    National Geographic, National Geographic, 13 Jan. 2023
  • According to research from Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit that advocates for gun control, strong gun control laws are correlated with fewer gun deaths.
    Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • Strings — and the fact the Nampa show happens May 20, before Idaho temperatures boil — makes this music lineup tough to resist.
    Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 3 Feb. 2025
  • On the other hand, Hill has had a tough time recently.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • While in the shower and after shampooing, work the brush in a circular, consistent motion—the flexible yet firm bristles will do all of the work, carefully removing build-up without scratching or exacerbating irritation.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Super Serum Body Wash contains a concentrated serum with beta hydroxy acid to gently exfoliate, plus collagen peptide, niacinamide and vitamins C and E. The result: brighter, hydrated, firmer, smoother and more even skin from the neck down.
    Jackie Fields, People.com, 1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Such an approach would reinforce America's leadership in the Arctic and demonstrate its commitment to principled engagement in a rapidly changing world.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The principled purist gallery calls them inconsistent.
    Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Boston: Image Image When much of downtown Boston burned a year after Chicago, property owners upgraded in a kind of virtuous cycle, erecting sounder and taller buildings and incentivizing their neighbors to do the same.
    Emily Badger, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Other countries will be forced to follow suit and hence create a price action virtuous cycle.
    Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Sandoval has received some pay bumps, including a temporary $10,000-a-year bonus for Hawaii special education teachers designed to alleviate shortages in that and other hard-to-staff areas.
    Alia Wong, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Whether those numbers are an overstatement, or possibly an understatement, is hard to say.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
Adjective
  • On its surface, this disquieting diptych about male anxiety has the feel of, say, an Asghar Farhadi movie, a moral dilemma urging forth a thriller plot.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Interpretations of freedom of speech and religious freedom: Tensions can emerge when DEI efforts conflict with individuals’ moral and religious beliefs.
    London Business School, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The 23-year-old is physically larger and stockier than his counterparts, with his dribbling style idiosyncratically upright.
    The Athletic UK Staff, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Each upright blackberry stem produces fruit only one time.
    Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Backboned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backboned. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.

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