plural backings
1
: something forming a back
a tape with adhesive backing
2
b
: the music that is played along with someone who is singing or playing the main tune : the music that accompanies the lead musician
… she plans to record the songs with the backing of an orchestra.—
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c
: endorsement especially of a warrant by a magistrate
Examples of backing in a Sentence
The tape has an adhesive backing.
The project has received financial backing from several investors.
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Tesla shares have dropped significantly, reflecting, in part, worries about a consumer backlash to Elon Musk’s efforts to take a chainsaw to the federal government with the backing of President Donald Trump.
—Laurence Lim, WWD, 11 Mar. 2025
Now the Trump administration, with the full backing of the new VA Secretary Doug Collins, is planning to slash 83,000 jobs from the VA back to levels seen in 2019—stripping the very foundation of the care that veterans like me, and millions of others, rely on.
—Vedia Barnett, TIME, 11 Mar. 2025
Video circulating online shows an SUV backing into the building as employees try to get out of the way.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
Less certain is whether Chicago voters would support the election bid in a couple years of an alderman who came with the backing of an unpopular mayor who appointed him.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
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Laurence Lim, WWD, 11 Mar. 2025
Now the Trump administration, with the full backing of the new VA Secretary Doug Collins, is planning to slash 83,000 jobs from the VA back to levels seen in 2019—stripping the very foundation of the care that veterans like me, and millions of others, rely on.
—Vedia Barnett, TIME, 11 Mar. 2025
Video circulating online shows an SUV backing into the building as employees try to get out of the way.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
Less certain is whether Chicago voters would support the election bid in a couple years of an alderman who came with the backing of an unpopular mayor who appointed him.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for backing
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“Backing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/backing. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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backing
noun
back·ing
ˈbak-iŋ 
1
: something forming a back
2
Medical Definition
backing
noun
back·ing
ˈbak-iŋ
: the metal portion of a dental crown, bridge, or similar structure to which a porcelain or plastic tooth facing is attached
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