in back
idiom
: in an area at the back of something
The clerk brought out the item from the storeroom in back
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In March, the Berkeley nonprofit had warned it could be forced to close the shelters on Wood Street in West Oakland — a cluster of about 80 tiny home cabins and an RV safe parking lot — after claiming the city owed it $1 million in back payments.
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Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 30 May 2025
Saks has a $120 million bond interest payment due next month, another $120 million payment due in December and promises to make $275 million in back payments to vendors to stack up against that $700 million.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 30 May 2025
The parties agreed to pay just under $2.8 billion in back damages to student-athletes who competed between 2016 and 2024 but were denied NIL benefits during their college attendance.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
Meanwhile, reports showed that nearly 6,000 workers providing services to the IRS owed $50 million in back taxes.
—Chuck Flint, Boston Herald, 21 May 2025
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Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 30 May 2025
Saks has a $120 million bond interest payment due next month, another $120 million payment due in December and promises to make $275 million in back payments to vendors to stack up against that $700 million.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 30 May 2025
The parties agreed to pay just under $2.8 billion in back damages to student-athletes who competed between 2016 and 2024 but were denied NIL benefits during their college attendance.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
Meanwhile, reports showed that nearly 6,000 workers providing services to the IRS owed $50 million in back taxes.
—Chuck Flint, Boston Herald, 21 May 2025
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“In back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20back. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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