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behind

Definition for behind

adverb as in in a position further back; following

adverb as in in debt; late

noun as in buttocks

preposition as in being the reason for

preposition as in in support

Strong matches

backing, supporting

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Example Sentences

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He produced 10 aces to Sinner’s two and won more than 80% of the points behind his first serve.

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He fell behind in the count 0-2 against Toronto reliever Louis Varland, as the crowd of 47,399 at Yankee Stadium began mentally rehearsing the chorus of boos that was one strike away.

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Hundreds of lawsuits linking acetaminophen to autism or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder have been filed, though a federal judge in 2023 ruled that the scientific evidence behind the claims was unreliable.

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said during an appearance before a Senate committee last month that the FDA was examining the science behind mifepristone and collecting “new data.”

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At appropriate points, a model of the annex and vitrines with correspondence related to the Frank family’s U.S. immigration attempts and other artifacts are briefly illuminated—but behind viewers, so easy to miss.

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