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backed

[bakt] / bækt /


ADJECTIVE
supplied with a back
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The third-largest HOA and condo management company is RealManage, backed since 2022 by private-equity firm American Securities.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Lujan, who was backed by Abbott, lost by 15 points.

From Salon • May 29, 2026

And it is these clubs, backed by the Premier League millions, who are filling the secondary competitions.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Last summer, wanting to distract herself from wondering whether she’d be asked back to “SNL,” Padilla wrote a screenplay, which is now being backed by Oscar-winning “Moonlight” producer Adele Romanski.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

We backed up against the edge of the road as he rode past us, the horse’s hooves spewing mud and clay.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff




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