Pickleball: the newest outdoor craze | Learn English expression 'backed by'
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How to Use the English Expression Backed By
Pickleball is a friendly game to play in the neighborhood, right? But it's also big business. The professional pickleball association is backed by the billionaire owner of a professional hockey team. Major league pickleball is backed by a hedge fund investor. Chick-fil-A will be expanding internationally. Expanding internationally is expensive, so how are they going to do that? A $1 billion investment has been made into this initiative. Backed by means one person or organization providing support, resources and expertise to another.
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