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Moving between those worlds, I’ve never been able to treat religion as background noise.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
Fed officials have preferred to keep the balance-sheet program in the background.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
“Her background, her skill set and also the fact that she plays the sport herself at a high level,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
Faith, family, and national identity — long central themes — have moved from the background to the foreground.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026
When I pick up, I hear a muffled motor in the background.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Close Reading: The Art and Craft of Rhetorical Analysis (Chapter 2)
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