Thesaurus results for BACKUPS

backups

noun

plural of backup

as in jams

a crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement there was the inevitable backup of travelers trying to pass through airport security

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as in replacements

a person or thing that takes the place of another you didn't get the lead position, but you can be the backup to the chosen singer

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Recent Examples of backups The expansion extends aid for cleanup and disinfection services to eligible residents experiencing sewer backups in any weather conditions, said a news release announcing the change. — CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 Recovery testing is delayed because backups appear to be working. — Aliasgar Dohadwala, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026 Can the Cowboys take advantage of the hurting Eagles, or will Philadelphia rally behind their backups and get the victory? — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026 Koofr gives you 1TB of space for documents, media, and backups, accessible from the web, iOS, Android, or WebDAV. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 22 Oct. 2026 Aircraft-grade redundancy includes multiple backups for electric power, computing, and connections to flaps and other control surfaces. — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2026 After seeing the Seminoles’ success on screen passes, the Panthers could try to utilize them in order to give their backups easy passes to complete. — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026 While Duke Watson has started every game at running back, Swint and Landen Chambers have shared the majority of the workload as Watson’s backups. — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026 No other quarterback this season has more than four TD passes without a turnover with backups Drew Lock and Marcus Mariota pulling that off. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

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Noun

The 154-minute live concert film spans hits, deep cuts and extended jams.

— Jem Aswad, Variety, 29 Oct. 2026
Where Bikini Kill’s raw, aggressive, discordant tunes subvert gender expectations imposed on women, Uppity’s sincere and introspective jams refute the self-defeating emotional sterility that patriarchy demands from men.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of jams

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Neither side has budged following Tusk’s surprise raid on the Constitutional Tribunal, through which his government ushered out the court’s president and vice president before installing ideologically sympathetic replacements.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026
Four candidates are competing for two open seats on the Roseville City Council Tuesday, with voters in the city’s 2nd and 4th districts choosing replacements for departing council members.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of replacements

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The 140,000-square-foot facility will manufacture missile systems, interceptors, high-voltage drone fuzes, seekers and other critical components, helping address bottlenecks in the US munitions supply chain.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2026
But the Chinese chip firms also face manufacturing bottlenecks, which are expected to persist in the coming two years, Caixin reports.

— Tim Backshall, Christian Science Monitor, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of bottlenecks

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Moreover, both sides are now able to target the substitutes and reserves that in the past could be used to cushion losses.

— Tatiana Mitrova, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2026
To be sure, odds and gambling platforms do not use methodologies used by traditional political polling, and therefore are not substitutes for political polls.

— Fred Imbert, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026