- plural of background.
backgrounds
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Only a quarter of students from low-income backgrounds go on to higher education in France, compared with nearly two thirds of pupils from privileged households, according to a 2023 government study.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
The North of England could be particularly hard hit as well as nations of the UK other than England and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds, the letter argued.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
But with Xuan and Zhang controlling the firm that arranged the surrogate births, no one looked into their backgrounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
That said, I think it’s too easy to draw a straight line between your respective backgrounds and your reactions to the $3 million.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
I don’t mean that he made references to “other” people from other backgrounds in his examples.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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