back channel
Americannoun
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Origin of back channel
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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To buttress their argument that an expert cannot be used as a back channel for “inadmissible hearsay,” they pointed to a nonexistent 2021 case brought by the government.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Muscat served as the back channel for talks between the United States and Iran in the lead-up to the 2015 nuclear deal and mediated several rounds of talks during Trump's second term.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
The message went via a Pakistani facilitated back channel, Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar has said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
According to the Guardian, her conversations with the Trump administration took place through a back channel in Qatar over the course of months.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2026
Occasionally the racket from the back channel could be heard above the tumult.
From The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke by Jack London
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