backing
Example Sentences
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It is doubling down on artificial-intelligence investment and analysts at Benchmark Research are backing the AI push.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Forget that 2004 incident where she got caught singing over a backing track in an appearance on “Saturday Night Live.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026
China's backing on this is "very important," says Zhu Yongbiao, a Middle East expert and director of the Centre for Afghanistan Studies at Lanzhou University.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
While his backing was hardly unequivocal, this week Hopkinson stressed Newcastle were currently "not having those conversations" about a change of manager.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Perhaps it was some lingering disquiet from that unpleasant incident on the train; she found herself backing away from the line of hansom cabs and clutching the children even more tightly than before.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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