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 Viewed this way, protections such as immutable backups and isolated backup networks, often cut for budget reasons, look less like expenses and more like insurance against days of downtime. — Michael Wu, Forbes.com, 20 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 Security features include free SSL certificates, daily off-site backups, DDoS protection, malware scanning, a Web Application Firewall, brute-force protection, and two-factor authentication. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 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 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

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The 24-piece box comes with miniature jars of jams and spreads like fig and cardamom, caramel and dark chocolate, rhubarb and strawberry, apricot and honey, and more.

— Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2026
Drink Cider at an Apple Orchard Venture 20 minutes south of Galena to Orchard Landing Apple Farm to pick 14 kinds of apples apples, sample hard cider, and grab some jams, jellies, and cider donuts to go.

— Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of jams

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Amin Ventures would pay $3,000 to cut down the trees and plans to plant two replacements according to city records.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 16 Oct. 2026
Records indicate neither the original employees in those positions nor their replacements relocated to Sacramento.

— Tyler Horst, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of replacements

Noun

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