backing
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The June “dot plot” quarterly chart of Fed officials’ interest-rate projections showed how divided policymakers were that month — with nine seeing the need for higher rates this year, and nine others backing no change.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
The project has the backing of Mayor Karen Bass and local City Councilmember Bob Blumenfeld, and Wellpointe expects to start construction by the end of next year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
"It is about respecting work, backing our communities and giving working people real power over the future, not asking them simply to live with decisions made elsewhere."
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
By backing the asset value of the data center—not OpenAI’s ongoing lease payments—the structure limits Nvidia’s risk exposure substantially, those people familiar with the deal said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Jordan McCreevey was standing directly behind him, with Calvin and Deemer backing him up.
From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers
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
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