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Use "linchpins" in a sentence
"And instead the people who are accruing the value and doing the work that we're proud of are what I call linchpins - the people we can't live without."
"The future, Godin, told me, will belong to the rule-breaking "linchpins" of the digital age."
"The report said garment workers were the "linchpins" of an industry worth £36 billion annually in the UK alone."