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BACKGROUNDER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A press conference or interview in which a government official explains to reporters the background of an action or policy
Example:
the secretary gave us a backgrounder on public health issues
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("backgrounder" is a kind of...):
news conference; press conference (a conference at which press and tv reporters ask questions of a politician or other celebrity)
Derivation:
background (information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem)
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