into the background

idiom

: 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. 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 See all Example Sentences for into the background 

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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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