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Definition of Backgrounder
1. Noun. A press conference or interview in which a government official explains to reporters the background of an action or policy. "The secretary gave us a backgrounder on public health issues"
Definition of Backgrounder
1. Noun. an official briefing or document giving background information ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Backgrounder
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backgrounder
Literary usage of Backgrounder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The United Nations System: The Policies of Member States by Chadwick F. Alger, Gene Martin Lyons, John E. Trent (1995)
"The Heritage Foundation's publications, The backgrounder and Policy Review, ...
A 1983 backgrounder, "The United States and the United Nations: Time for ..."
2. Spread of AIDS in the Developing World: Hearing Before the Committee on edited by Benjamin A. Gilman (2000)
"(World Bank backgrounder) • HIV/AIDS in Africa: Highest Rates in the World Bank.
... (World Bank backgrounder) • Confronting AIDS: Public Priorities in a ..."
3. Subsidy Reform and Sustainable Development: Economic, Environmental and by workshop OECD, Publi Oecd Published by Oecd Publishing, Oecd. Published by (2006)
"Fisheries and Oceans Canada (2003c), "Why the cod stocks haven't recovered",
Media backgrounder, April, www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/media/backgrou/2003/cod-3_e.htm. ..."
4. Prevention Plus II: Tools for Creating and Sustaining Drug-Free Communities (1994)
"The Editorial backgrounder Editorial sessions can involve reporters covering your
area and members of the editorial staff that decide on what position the ..."
5. Global Employment: An International Investigation Into the Future of Work by Mihály Simai, Valentine M. Moghadam, Arvo Kuddo (1995)
"2 World Summit for Social Development (1994) backgrounder No.
2 (DPI/1487/SOC/CON-31581, August 1994-30M), p. 4. 3 United Nations (1994) Report
of the ..."
6. From the Household to the Factory: Sex Discrimination in the Guatemalan by Judith Sunderland (2002)
"... 2000; "Freedom of Expression and the Internet in China: A Human Rights Watch
backgrounder," http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/asia/china-bck-0701.htm, ..."
7. Under Orders: War Crimes in Kosovo by Fred Abrahams (2001)
"14 Transcript of backgrounder given by Peter Daniel and Major General Walter ...
16 Transcript of backgrounder, May 15,1999. 17 Transcript, US Department of ..."
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