backing

Example Sentences

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The figure was a significant rebuke from investors, who typically give directors near-unanimous backing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

The humanoid-robot sector has some of the same ingredients: government backing, a dense supplier base, brutal domestic competition, large factories willing to experiment and companies racing to cut costs.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

Kevin O’Leary, the TV personality known as “Mr. Wonderful,” has been dealing with broad pushback to a massive data center campus in Utah that he is backing.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

More than $13 million has been contributed to outside groups backing the former U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

“I just needed to tell my friend something,” I said, backing away from the line of moving men.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron