backing
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One of the regional parties backing him, Junts from Catalonia, tends toward free-market economics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Pacific nations are using the pre-COP platform to push for more backing for the countries most affected by climate change.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
“So, you have this uneven economic growth, and with interest rates backing up substantially, that’s a tough environment for small caps.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Grocery stores began backing away from tomatoes earlier in the year; restaurants, he said, held on longer.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
I’m backing away before I even realize it.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
The only thing he requests is a tin of 112 players with adhesive backings.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
At that point, bank targets may be persuaded to do deals not because they need the liquidity, but to show they have the backings of large institutional investors.
From Reuters ● Mar. 14, 2023
On the doors to the offices themselves, a few backings of peeled-off stickers remained.
From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2021
Ms. Kokoszka described the members as having “unselfishly donated their time, talents, fabrics, battings, backings, bindings and labels for the making of the quilts each of our honored guests will receive tonight.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 24, 2020
We make complicated floral patterns with a compass, we glue odd substances to cardboard backings: feathers, sequins, pieces of macaroni garishly dyed, lengths of drinking straw.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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