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noun

an upholstered chair or sofa back having deep vertical grooves.

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How to use channel back in a sentence

Think back to the Bush-Kerry race of 2004, the Thrilla in Vanilla.
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Back in New York, the slow pace and inward focus of her yoga practice was less fulfilling.
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Music is a huge part of the tone of Black Dynamite overall—going back to the original 2009 movie on which the series is based.
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The al Qaeda-linked gunmen shot back, but only managed to injure one officer before they were taken out.
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So, Islamized teaching sends girls back home for marriage and housework, and remains exclusively for boys.
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I waited three months more, in great impatience, then sent him back to the same post, to see if there might be a reply.
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Ages back—let musty geologists tell us how long ago—'twas a lake, larger than the Lake of Geneva.
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The boys were tumbling about, clinging to his legs, imploring that numerous things be brought back to them.
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With a suffocating gasp, she fell back into the chair on which she sat, and covered her face with her hands.
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She was holding the back of her chair with one hand; her loose sleeve had slipped almost to the shoulder of her uplifted arm.
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