back-office
adjective
ˈbak-ˈä-fəs 
-ˈȯ-fəs
: of or relating to the inner workings of a business or institution : internal
back-office operations
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The state — once marketed as an affordable alternative to California, Oregon and Washington for back-office jobs — boasts a fast-developing advanced technology industry.
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Sasha Hupka, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
The future belongs to a smaller pool of elite innovators — not vast back-office battalions.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Far too many companies view data as a back-office problem.
—Prashant Kondle, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Seamless connectivity meant that everything from customer and back-office processing to coding and data analytics could be done almost anywhere on earth.
—Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2025
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Sasha Hupka, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
The future belongs to a smaller pool of elite innovators — not vast back-office battalions.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Far too many companies view data as a back-office problem.
—Prashant Kondle, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Seamless connectivity meant that everything from customer and back-office processing to coding and data analytics could be done almost anywhere on earth.
—Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for back-office
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“Back-office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back-office. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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