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backdrop

[bak-drop] / ˈbækˌdrɒp /
NOUN
setting for something
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


Example Sentences

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The 2026 Roundtable met on Jan. 5 in New York for a daylong discussion of the investment backdrop and the 11 panelists’ latest picks.

From Barron's

Scott Wisniewski, the firm’s chief strategy officer, also said at the time that his company is benefiting from the “most positive backdrop” for U.S. investment in space since the 1960s.

From MarketWatch

She uses motifs to emphasize the dialectic of continuity and change, such as the portrait that acts as an unchanging backdrop to family meals even as other once-priceless objects are sold off.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Reserve Bank of Australia’s board meets in February against a backdrop of a series of troubling indicators for investors who have gotten used to looser monetary policy.

From The Wall Street Journal

Europe needs to use the benign macro backdrop, and a political breather before French presidential elections in 2027, to rebuild competitive muscle.

From Barron's