behind-the-scenes
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“But one of the things I’d love to have people understand more is the great conservation work that we’re doing behind the scenes.”
From Los Angeles Times
Mostly behind the scenes, Cook has stood out as Apple’s best lobbyist.
The statement asserts that “for the past several weeks, representatives of Minnesota’s business community have been working every day behind the scenes with federal, state and local officials to advance real solutions. These efforts have included close communication with the Governor, the White House, the Vice President and local mayors. There are ways for us to come together to foster progress.”
From Los Angeles Times
Behind the scenes, Pratt had already fallen hard for Montag, who’d been cast on “The Hills” as lead protagonist Lauren Conrad’s ostensible sidekick and peer at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising.
From Los Angeles Times
The business community has been working behind the scenes with federal, state, and local officials to “advance real solutions,” it said.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.