background material
Example Sentences
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Most of the other new characters are largely background material, though they’re occasionally still entertaining, like Kumail Nanjiani’s take on a con artist pretending to be a Jedi.
From The Verge • Jun. 22, 2022
Separate notes were placed on each of the stories to say the plagiarized information, in each case background material not central to the article, had been removed from the pieces.
From Seattle Times • May 2, 2022
The U.S-based organisation's package of background material is called "Let Her Voice Carry - a Synod Toolkit for Ordination Justice Advocates".
From Reuters • Jan. 20, 2022
This organization of amateur astronomers helps to keep track of variable stars; its site has some background material, observing instructions, and links.
From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016
By the time the three girls and Marshall squeezed through the fence to Egypt, where Ken and Toby were already waiting, a great deal of the necessary background material was already beginning to take shape.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
