backdrop
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For investors, the war has unfolded against the backdrop of the almost universal adoption of index funds that are cheap as dirt and easy as pie.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
“Even against a backdrop of prominent layoffs, the underlying signals point to a broader and more leveraged developer base.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Pepsi CFO Steve Schmitt said that the company’s production and shipping network was holding up against that backdrop.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
Different in that investors are now left to navigate a more complicated backdrop of elevated energy and commodity prices, quickening inflation readings, and a slowing domestic economy.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
I finally fall asleep and dream of the Greek Titans in my school lesson, battling to a backdrop of thundering bass in "Da qual tremore insolito" from Don Giovanni.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
Vocabulary lists containing backdrop
Drama
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Theater - Introductory
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