backgrounds
Example Sentences
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Dancers with backgrounds in all styles, including salsa, hip-hop and jazz, provided the last ingredient to the energetic scene.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Jeff said they also felt an affinity with the city because of their own backgrounds.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
The Wall Street Journal asked a handful of Taiwanese citizens of varied ages, backgrounds and locations in Taiwan where they stand—including whether they trust the Chinese, the Americans or themselves alone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 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
Then the backgrounds ought to be neither too bright nor too dim, so that the shadows may not obscure the images nor the lustre make them glitter.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
