backdrop
noun
back·drop
ˈbak-ˌdräp 
1
: a painted cloth hung across the rear of a stage
2
backdrop
transitive verb
Examples of backdrop in a Sentence
The mountains provided a perfect backdrop for the wedding photos.
The novel unfolds against a backdrop of war.
The city provides the backdrop for the love story.
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Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2025
The city provides a backdrop for exploring the meeting points and friction points between cultures.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Dec. 2025
Against this backdrop of unknowns, researchers are racing to learn just how flexible reptiles can be in their nesting habits.
—Elizabeth Preston, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
For example, the monumental yellow cotton wall sculpture by Franz Erhard Walther that dominates the ground floor of the new Casa Loewe on Avenue Montaigne in Paris was purchased by him only a few years into the job, employing it first as a backdrop for a fall 2019 Loewe show.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 15 Dec. 2025
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Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2025
The city provides a backdrop for exploring the meeting points and friction points between cultures.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Dec. 2025
Against this backdrop of unknowns, researchers are racing to learn just how flexible reptiles can be in their nesting habits.
—Elizabeth Preston, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
For example, the monumental yellow cotton wall sculpture by Franz Erhard Walther that dominates the ground floor of the new Casa Loewe on Avenue Montaigne in Paris was purchased by him only a few years into the job, employing it first as a backdrop for a fall 2019 Loewe show.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 15 Dec. 2025
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“Backdrop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/backdrop. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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backdrop
noun
back·drop
ˈbak-ˌdräp
1
: a painted cloth hung across the rear of a stage
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