Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An informal news briefing for reporters by an official often speaking off the record.
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- noun an official
briefing or document giving background information
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a press conference or interview in which a government official explains to reporters the background of an action or policy
Etymologies
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Examples
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Look at what they're already doing to John Kerry in this backgrounder from the New York Times.
June 2004 2004
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Jailbreakers have long had an application available to them called backgrounder, which lets them run any application in the background - and you know what?
TechCrunch 2010
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Yet the agency, responding to an Ottawa Citizen request for information about HERTs as another potential component of Canada's relief operations in Haiti, replied with a 600-word backgrounder suggesting the teams are in place across the country and ready to respond to big domestic medical emergencies.
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Kieth provides all you need to know as a backgrounder ...! youtube. com / watch?
Ace of Spades HQ 2009
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Featured in the backgrounder is a new essay from Michael Moynihan, Director of NDN's Green Project.
NDN blogs 2009
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"The role of greenhouse gases in climate change is not well understood," the coalition said in a scientific "backgrounder" provided to lawmakers and journalists through the early 1990s, adding that "scientists differ" on the issue.
Glenn Hurowitz: Memo to Media: Industry Spin on Climate is Still Deceiving You 2009
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(Charkaoui is one of five people, all citzens of Arab countries, who have been held in Canada under a Security Certificate without charge [see the CBC "backgrounder"] The Supreme Court of Canada recently agreed to hear his appeal as to whether the issuance of the Certificate against him meets the requirements of our Charter of Rights and Freedoms.)
Situational Tags 2005
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(Charkaoui is one of five people, all citzens of Arab countries, who have been held in Canada under a Security Certificate without charge [see the CBC "backgrounder"] The Supreme Court of Canada recently agreed to hear his appeal as to whether the issuance of the Certificate against him meets the requirements of our Charter of Rights and Freedoms.)
Archive 2005-08-01 2005
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Charkaoui is one of five people, all citzens of Arab countries, who have been held in Canada under a Security Certificate without charge [see the CBC "backgrounder" [3]] The Supreme Court of Canada recently agreed to hear his appeal as to whether the issuance of the Certificate against him meets the requirements of our Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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Charkaoui is one of five people, all citzens of Arab countries, who have been held in Canada under a Security Certificate without charge see the CBC "backgrounder" The Supreme Court of Canada recently agreed to hear his appeal as to whether the issuance of the Certificate against him meets the requirements of our Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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