Background and Circumstances

Background

Background noun - The physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed.

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Circumstances and background are semantically related in upbringing topic. In some cases you can use "Circumstances" instead a noun "Background".

Circumstances noun - Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you).

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Background and circumstances are semantically related in factors topic. Sometimes you can use "Background" instead a noun "Circumstances".

exact	exact background	exact circumstances
similar	similar background	similar circumstances
specific	specific background	specific circumstances
right	right background	right circumstances
Other adjectives: many, true, actual, real, traumatic, tragic, new, possible, unusual, different, historical.

This implies that Tomie is an extreme radiotroph, capable of converting radiation into mass, and presumably under normal circumstances her regeneration is partially fuelled by background radiation.

Source: Manga / Tomie
Particularly noticeable because there is no background music except in special circumstances.

Source: Sound-Coded for Your Convenience
And in the final issue, when the heroes are transported into another world, panels from various other Image comics are seen in the background - including one of normalman... in reference to normalman having a Mystery, Inc cameo under similar circumstances.

Source: Comic Book / 1963

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