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 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 The Chargers started four rookies on the offensive line, three of whom are backups. — Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026 Resilience comes from separate physical routes, backups that are tested under load and systems that degrade gracefully when a piece drops out. — Vincent E. Bianco Iii, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026 There was some thought in the summer that both players could challenge for rotation spots, but that hasn’t materialized, because the four older backups in front of them have done enough to get those opportunities. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile, threat actors now specifically target data backups in 93% of attacks, according to Veeam. — David Bennett, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026 That’ll put a lot of pressure on junior backups Juelz Goff and Harry Stewart III. — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 6 Oct. 2026 Speech-to-text, backups, and AI work better online, but the problem is products that stop working without it. — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 2 Oct. 2026 Hackers have been exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Zimbra Collaboration Suite in an attempt to obtain email backups and authentication credentials of vulnerable organzations, Microsoft has warned. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 30 Sep. 2026

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Contemporary jazz saxophonist Braxton Cooke will open, and undoubtedly find his way back on stage for a few jams.

— Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
Its brands include Folgers coffee, Jif peanut butter and Smucker's jams and jellies.

— Michelle Fox, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of jams

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Bombas Return Policy Bombas’ Happiness Guarantee covers free returns, exchanges, and replacements—including free shipping.

— Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 13 Oct. 2026
When a code set changes underneath a policy, somebody has to map which of 10 replacements carries the standing the original had, and by default, that is nobody’s job.

— JP Montoya, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of replacements

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In the event of a severe winter or import bottlenecks, depressed storage levels not only narrow Europe's capacity to absorb supply shocks but also risk driving natural gas prices higher.

— , CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026
Yet much of the current inflation comes from supply shocks, such as the Iran war’s disruption to oil and gas supplies, and higher interest rates can’t address those bottlenecks.

— Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026