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Example Sentences

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O'Connell said the party has done "everything they can" by "going through social media accounts and background checks".

From BBC

The change was not surprising given his background.

From Los Angeles Times

He's from a non-political background and seems prepared to take on all-comers no matter how unpopular that might make him with the party's old guard.

From BBC

“It has a general background and an idea of what it’s doing but it doesn’t have the professional judgment.”

From Barron's

“I come from a commodities background,” Intrator told me in a recent interview.

From Barron's