into the background
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: into the position of being less important
The war has pushed all other issues into the background.
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Kenney tucked both Dobro and a slide-guitar sample into the background, then worked to find a balance between the acoustics and electrics.
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Tom Roland, Billboard, 14 Jan. 2025
In 2025, Deloitte predicts AI will both become much more vital to companies and fade into the background.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
The fake-artist saga faded into the background, another of Spotify’s unresolved scandals as the company increasingly came under fire and musicians grew more emboldened to speak out against it with each passing year.
—Liz Pelly, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
That’s certainly true of a military-grade aircraft, but even a basic camera drone is supposed to fade into the background.
—Allison Johnson, The Verge, 18 Dec. 2024
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Tom Roland, Billboard, 14 Jan. 2025
In 2025, Deloitte predicts AI will both become much more vital to companies and fade into the background.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
The fake-artist saga faded into the background, another of Spotify’s unresolved scandals as the company increasingly came under fire and musicians grew more emboldened to speak out against it with each passing year.
—Liz Pelly, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
That’s certainly true of a military-grade aircraft, but even a basic camera drone is supposed to fade into the background.
—Allison Johnson, The Verge, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Into the background.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/into%20the%20background. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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