as in background
the physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed
visitors dine at the restaurant with a dramatic stretch of the Pacific Ocean as a jaw-dropping backdrop
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The case comes against a backdrop of increasing persecution in Iran, including judicial executions.
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Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Jan. 2025
Plot is set against a backdrop of police negligence in the late 1990s and follows a real-life account of a woman forced to request social housing due to explicable and dangerous occurrences in her own house.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 20 Jan. 2025
Within that backdrop, the quantum foam is doing its usual thing, which is to shake up space-time at submicroscopic scales.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 19 Jan. 2025
The performance featured a vibrant pink and purple backdrop, with GloRilla and her dancers delivering energetic choreography.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 19 Jan. 2025
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Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Jan. 2025
Plot is set against a backdrop of police negligence in the late 1990s and follows a real-life account of a woman forced to request social housing due to explicable and dangerous occurrences in her own house.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 20 Jan. 2025
Within that backdrop, the quantum foam is doing its usual thing, which is to shake up space-time at submicroscopic scales.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 19 Jan. 2025
The performance featured a vibrant pink and purple backdrop, with GloRilla and her dancers delivering energetic choreography.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 19 Jan. 2025
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“Backdrop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backdrop. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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