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The phrase "a backstop" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a safeguard or a measure that provides support or protection in case something goes wrong.
Example: "The new policy serves as a backstop to ensure that employees are protected during economic downturns."
Alternatives: "a safety net" or "a fallback option".
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"It provides a backstop".
The British government enjoys such a backstop.
Why is a backstop necessary?
Why is a backstop needed?
"We used the fence as a backstop.
There has to be a backstop.
Many locals had hoped for such a backstop.
Such a backstop will facilitate the borrowings by the SRF.
Is the solution to a backstop to a backstop a frontstop?
Regulators are a backstop: they don't own banks.
But the final version includes what lawmakers called a backstop.
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