Antonyms for keystone
ˈkiˌstoʊnkey·stone

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1. • Building Block
   • Support

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1. anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpinnoun

   a central cohesive source of support and stability

   "faith is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm"

   Synonyms:
   anchorman, key, linchpin, ground tackle, lynchpin, rachis, headstone, grit, sand, anchorperson, spinal column, guts, back, backbone, pillar, spine, anchor, mainstay, moxie, gumption, vertebral column

2. keystone, key, headstonenoun

   the central building block at the top of an arch or vault

   Synonyms:
   samara, tombstone, tonality, key, backbone, paint, lynchpin, linchpin, gravestone, winder, headstone, anchor, key fruit, mainstay, cay

How to use keystone in a sentence?

1. Robin Rorick:

   Keystone XL's unfortunate that political obstructionism led to the termination of Keystone XL, this is a blow to U.S. energy security and a blow to the thousands of good-paying union jobs this project would have supported.

2. Gene Karpinski:

   This veto, along with the president’s increasing public skepticism about Keystone XL ... makes us more confident than ever that (the) president will reject the permit itself once and for all.

3. Eric Trump:

   It’s cost thousands ofjobs ... The only person happyabout the [Keystone] XL pipeline [being canceled]is WarrenBuffett, [since]now all the fuel cango across [the country on] trains.

4. Pierre Trudeau:

   In the end, it's not really about Keystone. It's about judgment, it's about the narrowness that allowed one project in one industry - however large and important the project and industry - to define one of the most positive and prosperous bilateral relationships the world has ever known.

5. The GOP-controlled Senate:

   By vetoing the bipartisan Keystone jobs bill, President Obama sided with [the] moneyed special interests over the middle class.

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