backboned

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backboned
Adjective
  • The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Summit kept up the strong play as its defense forced and recovered a fumble from Dallas Simmons.
    Jordan Neal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The end result of a tough negotiation that included a nearly two-week blackout of Disney channels on Charter in 2023 was a much closer working relationship between the two.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Just a week after giving birth, Menish took her six-hour Evidence exam from home in December 2023 — one of the toughest finals in the curriculum.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • With over 30,000 five-star reviews, this is a budget-friendly winner for those looking for a firmer foam mattress.
    Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2025
  • More specifically, Timberland’s iconic wheat boots and field boots had a firm grip on inner-city consumers who had repurposed the shoes for street style.
    Riley Jones, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Yet the competent and principled men on the island were wiped out under colonization.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
  • But in the 21st century, American power depends on principled leadership, allies, and legitimacy.
    Loree Sutton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Instead of a royal patriarch ruling over voiceless subjects, America would be a fraternity of virtuous (male) citizens, created equal in their potential for self-government.
    Jane Kamensky, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
  • These principles—however virtuous—do come with risks.
    Adam Gale, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • That’s the beauty of the league — every play matters and every play is hard to execute.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Oct. 2025
  • And help may be harder to find because some insurers no longer pay brokers commissions for new business.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Let’s put aside the moral case.
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Our moral and national duty is to bring them all home, both the living and the fallen.
    Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Studies show that angling yourself upright during sleep can help combat a number of related issues—including sleep apnea, acid reflux, lower back pain, and snoring.
    Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In this way, the robot’s system zero has learned by trial and error to walk and stay upright with high accuracy.
    Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Backboned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backboned. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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