How to Use keystone in a Sentence

keystone

noun

• Tourism is the city's economic keystone.
• Of course the call to Georgia is the keystone of the case.
  — Star Tribune, 21 Feb. 2021
• Slumped in its bed was the keystone of the Eagles defense.
  — David Murphy, Philly.com, 23 Oct. 2017
• In that sense, the frame is both the bedrock and keystone of the entire Chief selection.
  — Bryan Campbell, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2021
• The vigil is the keystone event of Elvis Week, which began Aug. 8.
  — Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2020
• That allowed Dell's rep to pull off the keystone north of the keyboard and then slide the keyboard up and out.
  — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 15 Dec. 2022
• The ponderosa is a keystone species; the fates of many others are tied to its survival.
  — Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2021
• Each of those windows has a wide frame of limestone with a tapered keystone at the top.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 9 May 2020
• Brandi Smith: There are some species that are keystone species.
  — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 31 July 2024
• But a keystone in its ruling was the idea that Ms. Smith has a monopoly on websites in the style of Ms. Smith.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022
• Sheep, it could be said, are the Lake District’s keystone species, even the source of the countryside’s storied charms.
  — Kieran Dodds, Smithsonian, 20 Apr. 2018
• For the keystones about prompting of personas in generative AI, see the link here and the link here.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
• Careerism, not community, is the keystone in the arch of life.
  — Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2020
• Offshore wind is a keystone to the Northeast’s climate goals.
  — Benjamin Storrow, Scientific American, 22 July 2019
• This aesthetic remained a band keystone for the rest of its career to date.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 12 July 2017
• Now, his status is one of the league’s biggest storylines and remains the keystone to the Ravens’ plans in 2023 and beyond.
  — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 1 Mar. 2023
• Beavers, a keystone species, have been found to help mitigate the spread of wildfires, thanks to their water-damming habits.
  — Lucy Sherriff, oregonlive, 1 May 2021
• The new piece is something of a keystone, connecting two other vast coastal tracts that were about a mile apart.
  — Erin Edgemon, AL.com, 21 Oct. 2017
• In short, transiting worlds have proved to be the keystones in the burgeoning search for Earth’s cosmic twins.
  — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2019
• If Fultz wasn't quite the cornerstone next to Embiid and Simmons in Philly, he was seen as the keystone who would make the rest of the lineup fit.
  — Andrew Sharp, SI.com, 25 Oct. 2017
• The sign describes how Whitebark is a keystone species essential for the health of the mountain ecosystem.
  — Jayme Moye, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2023
• As the keystone of OSU's lineup, Gulich also played 31.1 minutes per night over a five-month schedule.
  — Andrew Greif, OregonLive.com, 11 May 2018
• Because of their place at the top of the food chain, predators are keystone species, crucial to the functioning and structure of ecosystems.
  — National Geographic, 7 Aug. 2020
• These are the keystone species that keep the food web healthy, and the most important are four genera of native trees: oaks, poplars, willows and cherries.
  — Matthew Cicanese and Erika Reiter, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2020
• Paine dubbed the starfish a keystone species, after the necessary center stone that locks an arch into place.
  — Adam Hadhazy, Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2019
• If Democrats are going to retake the House, Pennsylvania will be the keystone.
  — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 16 May 2018
• With Thursday’s start at the keystone position for the series opener against the Dodgers, McMahon has started a dozen straight games there, and 16 out of the last 18.
  — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 27 June 2019
• Both Keystones are custom kegerators made by Craig Jones.
  — Betsy Mason, WIRED, 4 Sep. 2009
• Childs learned then that bats are a keystone species, on which other species in an ecosystem greatly depend.
  — Mary Grace Keller, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 28 Oct. 2019
• Frank hopes future work might be able to identify whether specific causes of death increase after the elimination of a keystone species.
  — Dylan Scott, Vox, 2 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024