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backgrounds

NOUN

experience or circumstances

Synonyms

STRONGEST

backdrop culture education environment history practice qualification tradition training upbringing

STRONG

accomplishments acquirement actions atmosphere attainment aura breeding capacity credentials cultivation deeds framework grounding preparation rearing seasoning

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignorance

WEAK

foreground

Example Sentences

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The results showed that physical capacity starts decreasing as early as age 35, even among people with different training backgrounds.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

Another former staffer, Amanda Renteria, said the two men bonded over their humble immigrant backgrounds.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

“That’s a pretty good range of backgrounds in candidates for governor.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

He holds Caroline, the character who lives in the Windsor flat, captive and the pair get into a discussion about his motives, the political backdrop of the day, and their contrasting backgrounds.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

I’ve never been around so many exuberant young people of so many different backgrounds squeezed together.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar