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Recent Examples of behind-the-scenes Ralph Fiennes’s concierge is the director’s natural surrogate, the behind-the-scenes guy who tends to every detail of the hotel’s operation while going to extraordinary lengths to please the guests, even if that means bedding octogenarians. Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 June 2025 In an Instagram post following the single’s release, Carpenter shared a series of behind-the-scenes photos from the video. Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 7 June 2025 Georgia, too, is worried about Ginny's behind-the-scenes machinations. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 7 June 2025 However, the behind-the-scenes crew is already hard at work! Jordana Comiter, People.com, 6 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for behind-the-scenes
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Adjective
  • Supreme questions Boise developer, district, homeowners After chiding both sides for using confidential information from an accidental email in their arguments, the Supreme Court justices grilled lawyers representing the homeowners, the city and Barber Valley Development.
    Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 14 June 2025
  • Classify by time-to-risk: data that must remain confidential for more than five years gets top priority.
    Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Adjective
  • The Square, from South Korean director Bo-Sol Kim, which blends political commentary with experimental animation in its story of a Swedish diplomat in Pyongyang who begins a clandestine affair with a local traffic officer, took the jury prize of the Contrechamps section.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 14 June 2025
  • During the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, Alcala — without school authorization — took wrestling mats from El Modena, had the wrestling team load them into a U-Haul truck, and then took them to a warehouse for clandestine practices, Plaintiff Two said.
    Scott Schwebke, Oc Register, 13 June 2025
Adjective
  • June 16, 2025 Hiding inside every apple is a little bit of secret geometry.
    Steven Strogatz, New York Times, 16 June 2025
  • This includes every identity and associated account used for integrations, service accounts or any other technology that requires authentication based on an account or secret.
    Morey Haber, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
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  • Sarli did, however, recently post about the ordeal on TikTok, so her viral video and media attention might expose their undercover rendezvous to the bride and groom.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 18 June 2025
  • Another investigator used an undercover profile to contact Slusher as others worked to identify him, deputies said.
    Kate Linderman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 June 2025
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  • And while transgender adults now have more autonomy to make private decisions for themselves, the Skrmetti decision will no doubt encourage some states to try to ban gender-affirming care for anyone altogether.
    Martin Padgett, Time, 18 June 2025
  • The private orbital mission will bring billionaire Jared Isaacman to space for a second time after 2021′s Inspiration4 mission.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • For every regime change at the hands of Americans that went well—think Adolf Hitler’s exit from Germany and Benito Mussolini from Italy—there are multitudes that went off the rails: six overt attempts during the Cold War and another 64 in covert operations.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 19 June 2025
  • The Whyte Python World Tour by Travis Kennedy The laughs are as big as the mullets in this rollicking story about a hugely successful hair-metal band that’s really a cover for a covert operation in Cold War-era Eastern Europe.
    Andrea Lavinthal, People.com, 18 June 2025
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  • Israel has struck Natanz repeatedly and claims to have hurt its underground facilities, which experts assess contain 10,000 centrifuges that enrich uranium up to 60%.
    Natalie Melzer, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
  • On June 13, Iran confirmed that Israel hit the Natanz nuclear facility, the country's main underground multi-level enrichment site.
    Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025

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“Behind-the-scenes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/behind-the-scenes. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.

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