backdrops

noun

plural of backdrop
as in scenes
the physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed visitors dine at the restaurant with a dramatic stretch of the Pacific Ocean as a jaw-dropping backdrop

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Recent Examples of backdrops Do a Little Set-jetting Western aficionados will likely recognize some of the landscapes along Route 89, as these scenes have served as the backdrops for numerous films and TV shows. — Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2026 That’s because South Lake Tahoe and other sites in El Dorado County served as backdrops for more than 25 film and media shoots in the past year. — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026 Palawan, Philippines - Best for natural wonders Clear turquoise waters and steep, towering limestone cliffs in Palawan make for one of the most stunning backdrops for your beach day. — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 24 July 2026 Fans, reporters, and traders now treat a team’s own internal preparations—press conference backdrops, jersey mockups, a YouTube upload—as signals worth betting on, even when the team insists there’s nothing behind them. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 23 July 2026 As the man building rings and providing backdrops with the event names on them for big press conferences, he is often trusted with sensitive information long before it is announced. — Chris McKenna, New York Times, 22 July 2026 Private lessons can be arranged, with the Benahavis Mountains and the Mediterranean Sea serving as captivating backdrops to these stunning layouts. — Jennifer Fernández Solano, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 Balloon walls, rose backdrops, giant waffle wings — pretty much every corner is a photo station. — Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026 Meanwhile, Oregon and Washington state shared an empty pavilion, with nothing but backdrops that showed beavers and the ocean or Amazon packages and the ocean, respectively. — Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 30 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for backdrops
  1. scenes
  2. backgrounds
  3. sceneries
  4. grounds
  5. stages
Noun
  • Flooding pours into Indiana homes and businesses Photos and videos out of Indiana show scenes of destruction as floodwater rushed into homes and businesses, leaving them in shambles.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The scenes radiate the joy of being young, attractive, and filled with infinite free time and minimal distractions except the open sky above you.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of scenes
Noun
  • But as familiarity with Arab identity has grown steadily over the past decade, so too has a dynamic class of comics from Arab backgrounds.
    — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The tiles have crisp white backgrounds with sharp-looking black, red, and green characters.
    — Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of backgrounds
Noun
  • Here, the contrast of sea and stone creates some of the most striking coastal sceneries in the Mediterranean.
    — Jason Phillips, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
Definition of sceneries
Noun
  • Immediately after his plea, Mangione’s lawyers filed paperwork seeking to have the state case thrown out on double jeopardy grounds.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • State prosecutors have accused Mangione’s lawyers of trying to get that case thrown out on double jeopardy grounds under New York State law, which says a defendant can’t be tried twice for the same crime.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of grounds
Noun
  • Without any specific consumer requests, Crowell said the brand experimented with the shadow’s function and formulation in the early stages of development.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • In 2016, after another trip to the emergency room, testing revealed that Kaverman, then 27, was in the early stages of heart failure.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of stages

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