How to pronounce background

Listen to background in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“background” in real sentences

1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.

  1. And obviously, your nursing background, your dental background, your pharmacy background, whatever your background as a

    The Scottish Parliament · watch from 20:25 · hear it here

  2. His background felt very similar to my background.

    UK Parliament · watch from 1:51 · hear it here

  3. in the background, same mountain peaks in the background.

    NIST · watch from 43:46 · hear it here

  4. background checks are aware or not background checks are aware or not of the reci background

    Dept of Justice · watch from 9:44 · hear it here

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