LINCHPIN in a Sentence

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The linchpin in the district attorney's case was a photograph showing the defendant shaking hands with the hired killer.

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 Meanings and Examples of LINCHPIN
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linchpin
 n.  something that holds or links various parts together
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1  The linchpin in the district attorney's case was a photograph showing the defendant shaking hands with the hired killer.
2  OPEC, a group of 12 oil-producing nations with Saudi Arabia as the linchpin, showed no sign of cutting production from the average of about 30 million barrels a day in 2014.