variants
or back-room
: made or operating in an inconspicuous way : behind-the-scenes
backroom deals
a backroom politician
1
: a room situated in the rear
2
: the meeting place of a directing group that exercises its authority in an inconspicuous and indirect way
Examples of backroom in a Sentence
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SI.com, 1 July 2018
After five months of backroom horse-trading and all-night arm twisting, Angela Merkel faces one last obstacle to achieving a stable government in her fourth term as German chancellor.
—Griff Witte, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2018
The Enquirer, 17 Apr. 2024
The Coffee bar is open 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day but has a back room open 24/7 for night owls who can’t take a break from work.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Mar. 2024
Be sure to visit the Dungeon, the spooky back room, and have your photo taken with Michael Myers on his front porch.
—Maggie Kimberl, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2024
Rumors circulated that Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck would show up, likely in the secret back room.
—Amanda Fortini, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
While his dad runs the front of the house (Emilio Sr. often can be found sitting at the first table to the right of the entrance with his crew), Emilio Jr. manages the back room of the restaurant where the celebrities can go for privacy.
—Brianne Tracy, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
That intimacy is only accentuated by director Emilie Whelan’s compelling staging, mere inches from the audience in OTP’s performance space in the back room of an Oakland art supplies store.
—Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024
He was led to a back room by an employee, and Morales soon followed through the door that Cuellar held open in the back of the business.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
Dunn found herself in a noisy back room at the tavern, perched on a barstool, surrounded by Smokes and Warren’s friends and family, trying to make sense of all that had just occurred.
—Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2024
Adjective
Pascal Planque, Mike Stowell and new first team coach Adam Sadler complete the new-look Foxes backroom staff for the upcoming season.
—SI.com, 1 July 2018
After five months of backroom horse-trading and all-night arm twisting, Angela Merkel faces one last obstacle to achieving a stable government in her fourth term as German chancellor.
—Griff Witte, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2018
Noun
People came to Walnut Hills to shop, attend shows at the Orpheum Theatre or get Graeter’s ice cream from the original family who churned it in a back room off East McMillan Street.
—The Enquirer, 17 Apr. 2024
The Coffee bar is open 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day but has a back room open 24/7 for night owls who can’t take a break from work.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Mar. 2024
Be sure to visit the Dungeon, the spooky back room, and have your photo taken with Michael Myers on his front porch.
—Maggie Kimberl, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2024
Rumors circulated that Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck would show up, likely in the secret back room.
—Amanda Fortini, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
While his dad runs the front of the house (Emilio Sr. often can be found sitting at the first table to the right of the entrance with his crew), Emilio Jr. manages the back room of the restaurant where the celebrities can go for privacy.
—Brianne Tracy, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
That intimacy is only accentuated by director Emilie Whelan’s compelling staging, mere inches from the audience in OTP’s performance space in the back room of an Oakland art supplies store.
—Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024
He was led to a back room by an employee, and Morales soon followed through the door that Cuellar held open in the back of the business.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
Dunn found herself in a noisy back room at the tavern, perched on a barstool, surrounded by Smokes and Warren’s friends and family, trying to make sense of all that had just occurred.
—Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2024
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