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[bak-ground] / ˈbækˌgraʊnd /


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Linda Ervine - an Irish language activist who hails from a unionist background - said she did not recognise her native city during the Fleadh.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

The result is an environment where consumption is highly visible while production and financing remain in the background.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

For investors enthralled by soaring corporate profits, headlines about the painful consequences from climate change are largely just background noise, experts say.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

There’s some great interplay here between you and your background singers — really draws out the R&B in the band’s sound.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

With the ringed planet in the background, the glow of the ship leaving Sagan bends in an oval like a firefly, until the light is gone.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Cambridge said his hiring would help address underrepresentation of people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

This led to a deeper look into other factors contributing to wrongful convictions, including prosecutorial misconduct and mistaken eyewitness identifications, especially those made by witnesses with different racial backgrounds from the suspects.

From Salon Aug. 10, 2026

She told AFP she hoped parliament would be a space "to open dialogue for all Syrians from all backgrounds".

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

The 2022 Ofcom survey recorded statistics of people who loudcast by ethnicity, and it found higher proportions of people from non-white backgrounds said they watched videos in public without headphones.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

This Nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry




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