backroom
Example Sentences
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Anthropologist Zachary Howlett wrote in 2022 that many in China regard the gaokao as “an island of transparency and fairness in an ocean of backroom dealing and corruption.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Bellingham had to be pulled way by team-mate Morgan Rogers as he engaged with the Ghana coach and his backroom staff.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Voters should have “the opportunity to secure their constitution, demand absolute transparency in lawmaking and ensure that people, not backroom deals, have the final say.”
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2026
His other older brother, Stephen, who also played for St Mirren, seems destined for a successful coaching career given the impressive work he has done as part of Falkirk's backroom team.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Or the decision to locate the national capital on the Potomac was a backroom deal involving so many secret bargains and bribes that no one would ever unravel the full story.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
