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background

[bak-ground] / ˈbækˌgraʊnd /


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Agents like Muse run constantly in the background and can handle multiple tasks, which “has much bigger compute implications than a simple chatbot query,” he said, referring to computing power.

From MarketWatch Sep. 21, 2026

Three quarters of solo founders have no technical background, according to the Honghub study.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

By combining the observations and tracking how the object moved over time, the team determined that it behaved much more like a planet orbiting the star than an imaging artifact or a distant background star.

From Science Daily Sep. 17, 2026

The footage shows an aerial view of the bus crash with the whirl of the helicopter in the background.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

Croaking frogs, buzzing flies, and tapping woodpeckers provide the background music.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Good managers can come from a range of educational and professional backgrounds, which creates a large pool of potential candidates.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

He attributed this to his longtime desire to “bring people from all backgrounds and cultures together” via his music and performances.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

Populations with these characteristics have historically been underrepresented in brain imaging studies, making the research an opportunity to examine cognitive aging across a broader range of social, educational, and geographic backgrounds.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

As the series grew in popularity, Apted started receiving push-back from some of the participants, who felt they had been typecast based on their backgrounds.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

It’s strange even by the standards of strange Renaissance backgrounds.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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