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Noun: backgrounder  'bak,grawn-du(r)
  1. 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"

Derived forms: backgrounders

Type of: news conference, press conference, presser [informal]

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