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backdrop

[bak-drop] / ˈbækˌdrɒp /
NOUN
setting for something
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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Backdrop Home, in particular, has zeroed in with shameful, heat-seeking precision on aesthetically obsessed millennials who crave curves and architectural significance but can’t afford the homes that have them.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2024

“Green-gray just doesn’t feel forward-thinking to me,” said Natalie Ebel, who founded the Los Angeles-based paint start-up Backdrop.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2021

At home, you relax with a movie on Android TV, and when you turn off the TV, Android is still there, on Chromecast Backdrop, showing you beautiful travel photos or snapshots from a family album.

From Forbes • Jun. 27, 2014

Stark Backdrop as President Prepares to Debate HENDERSON, Nev. — Las Vegas might seem the last place a presidential candidate would choose to spend three days of sober, nose-to-the-grindstone debate preparation.

From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2012

Backdrop to the Kilanga pageant, rising up behind the houses, a tall wall of elephant grass obscures our view of anything but the distance.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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