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backed

[bakt] / bækt /


ADJECTIVE
supplied with a back
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IEs backed by the California Nurses Assn. and California Environmental Voters spent $450,000 supporting her; a fraction of Hernandez’s $9 million.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

The Miami Herald newspaper reported that the attack took place on Sunday and was conducted by a Haitian police task force backed by Salvadoran troops.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026

For years, the conversation around America’s aging population has been dominated by healthcare costs, retirement strain and demographic headwinds — and those are real issues backed by data.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

Those debts are backed either by the data centers themselves, or by contracts to sell that computing to a giant such as Meta.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

I nodded and backed away from Slop and the hoard.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff


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