backing

The band comes alive through each song, becoming more than backing musicians, they become fully realized characters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Investors are still skittish enough that they only want to buy proven winners, so backing the favorite is a smart strategy right now.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

Beijing acts on that insight by investing in Arm China and heavily backing RISC-V, an ISA developed at the University of California, Berkeley, in 2010.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

Infantino also received the backing of senior football executives at a meeting in Morocco on Wednesday, following a turbulent period after the proposal's collapse.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Jonah put the cap back on the marker, peeled the backing off the name tag, and slapped it on his chest.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Many of Clarke's poems were originally released with musical backings masterminded by producer Martin Hannett, who was known for his work with Joy Division.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2025

At that point, bank targets may be persuaded to do deals not because they need the liquidity, but to show they have the backings of large institutional investors.

From Reuters ● Mar. 14, 2023

Ms. Kokoszka described the members as having “unselfishly donated their time, talents, fabrics, battings, backings, bindings and labels for the making of the quilts each of our honored guests will receive tonight.”

From Washington Times ● Oct. 24, 2020

Schematic facial features, like a distinctive square chin, and the numerous dashes of brown tape with which they’re affixed to white backings, give them the friendly mix-and-match appeal of trading cards.

From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2020

We make complicated floral patterns with a compass, we glue odd substances to cardboard backings: feathers, sequins, pieces of macaroni garishly dyed, lengths of drinking straw.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood