as in cornerstone
an immaterial thing upon which something else rests
a sense of history is the keystone to the city's draw as a tourist destination
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Recent Examples of keystone
Why is movement and spending time outside important? Movement and exercise have been described as keystone habits for weight loss.
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Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
Repositioning the visuals is further helped by autofocus, auto keystone correction, fit-to screen and resizing to avoid obstacles.
—New Atlas, 18 Apr. 2025
Mobilize Recovery is also partnering with keystone sponsors including Meta, iHeartMedia, Indivior, Braeburn, and SAMHSA’s Opioid Response Network, to enhance the reach and impact of the 2025 initiative.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 15 Apr. 2025
That’s good news for farmers 20 minutes south of Sacramento in Clarksburg, where chenin blanc has been the keystone grape for decades.
—Benjy Egel, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2025
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Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
Repositioning the visuals is further helped by autofocus, auto keystone correction, fit-to screen and resizing to avoid obstacles.
—New Atlas, 18 Apr. 2025
Mobilize Recovery is also partnering with keystone sponsors including Meta, iHeartMedia, Indivior, Braeburn, and SAMHSA’s Opioid Response Network, to enhance the reach and impact of the 2025 initiative.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 15 Apr. 2025
That’s good news for farmers 20 minutes south of Sacramento in Clarksburg, where chenin blanc has been the keystone grape for decades.
—Benjy Egel, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for keystone
Noun
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As products shift from enhancing operations to becoming operational cornerstones, management complexity increases.—
Thomas Ryd,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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More than 850 local suppliers contributed to the ambitious task of constructing the legendary town of Macondo from the ground up, turning a cornerstone of Colombian literature into a tangible, culturally rich reality.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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Now, it’s being discussed and measured in people’s bloodwork on a more widespread basis.—
Stacey Colino,
Time,
22 May 2025
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These human rights groups were nowhere to be seen when these terrorists were violating the human rights of millions of people on a daily basis.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
22 May 2025
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Drawing on a unique educational foundation that combines mechanical engineering, business, metaphysics, and computer science, Gopi connects patterns that others might miss through his academic research.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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The explicit mention of male-female relationships as the foundation of families and the injustice of harming the unborn seems to firmly settle the question of whether such topics were open for negotiation during his reign.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
16 May 2025
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Congress’ positions on procedural issues, such as raising the debt ceiling or eliminating the filibuster, also increasingly depend not on bedrock principles but on who occupies the White House.—
Charlie Hunt,
The Conversation,
15 May 2025
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Increasingly, however, the interviews that are the bedrock of film coverage are fewer, shorter and more lightweight, often to the point of being useless for anyone trying to write a serious piece.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2025
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“Keystone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keystone. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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