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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Optical zoom and vertical lens shift, along with autofocus, keystone correction, screen fit and obstacle avoidance, also help make positioning and setup a breeze.
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New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2024
Catch up quick: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a bribery case involving a former Portage, Indiana, mayor that there is a difference between a bribe and a gratuity, essentially nixing a keystone corruption law for the federal government.
—Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 9 July 2024
As a Times report detailed earlier this year, Combs has long packaged himself as an outlaw made good — his keystone company is called Bad Boy Entertainment, after all.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2024
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With less than two months until Election Day, Pennsylvania has emerged as the keystone state in each party’s plan to win the White House.
—Alauna Safarpour, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2024
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New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2024
Catch up quick: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a bribery case involving a former Portage, Indiana, mayor that there is a difference between a bribe and a gratuity, essentially nixing a keystone corruption law for the federal government.
—Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 9 July 2024
As a Times report detailed earlier this year, Combs has long packaged himself as an outlaw made good — his keystone company is called Bad Boy Entertainment, after all.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2024
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With less than two months until Election Day, Pennsylvania has emerged as the keystone state in each party’s plan to win the White House.
—Alauna Safarpour, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2024
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Fostering Collaboration Collaboration is a cornerstone of effective problem-solving.Michael Shribman, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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The principle that an attack against one member country is an attack against the whole alliance is the cornerstone of the group’s defense pact.Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 19 Nov. 2024
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Some folks were riding high and maybe lacked perspective on the razor-thin margin there is for success in the NFL on a weekly basis.Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 29 Nov. 2024
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But the Pentagon doesn’t appear to have totally given up on its dream of a powered exoskeleton as the basis for an armored battlesuit just yet.Jared Keller, WIRED, 29 Nov. 2024
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Which means, if their home and immediate family is stable, their foundation is solid and all the stuff going on around their home life isn’t in focus.Caleb Harris, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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However, the plan builds on that foundation by strengthening and expanding community partnerships and coordinating routine meetings to monitor progress.Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 21 Nov. 2024
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President-elect Donald Trump's 2024 campaign was, in part, built on a bedrock of U.S. domestic oil and gas production.Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 20 Nov. 2024
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Eastwood’s story runs on the bedrock of the unimpeachable, confident that there is a definite truth to be discovered about an event such as the killing of Kendall and that only malevolence or incompetence could prevent its discovery.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Keystone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keystone. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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