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Meanings of back-channel in English

Channel.

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Examples for "channel"
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She told MEPs Europe risked giving up a vital channel for dialogue.
The Guardian
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The Comedy Central TV channel launched here just over a year ago.
The Guardian
3
An ideological and institutional shift would quickly channel all power Gingrich's way.
The new yorker
4
I cannot build more power stations or more efficiently channel water supplies.
The Departure
5
The current trend channel doesn't hit that area until late next week.
Reuters
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If so, then get in touch: open up the communication channel again!
The South African
2
Shout and scream about how brilliant they are via every communication channel.
The Guardian
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But Georgian officials were sceptical about any new communication channel working.
Reuters
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There is no visible evidence of sequestration, certainly not over a communication channel.
The Reality Dysfunction
5
With that communication channel open, it was hoped to initiate negotiations.
The evolutionary void
Usage of back-channel in English
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In the world of diplomacy, this is what's called a back-channel outreach.
Driving Heat
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Get over the back-channel somehow and tell my father to come.
A Daughter of the Snows
3
That back-channel you just took isn't a path many people stumble upon by accident.
Bedlam
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But that doesn't mean that there aren't back-channel communications between my company and theirs.
Fire With Fire
5
None of the traditional back-channel efforts by the generals to keep their pet programs.
Wired
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There also are continued whispers of back-channel efforts aimed at identifying possible formulas for compromise.
Reuters
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They also held back-channel talks in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
Ghost wars
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If the back-channel chatter was to be trusted-andit wasn't-Marshad a lone marine's suit camera.
Caliban's War
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But if it's found some kind of back-channel-
The Apocalypse Codex
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Nikki had run all her back-channel checks.
Naked Heat
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Several years earlier, Karzai had written to the Saudi king and asked him to set up back-channel talks.
Obama's wars
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Yemen witnessed a lull in hostilities after Saudi Arabia and the Houthis began back-channel talks late last year.
Reuters
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Such Justice Department back-channel calls rarely become public, and department officials declined to provide details of Perez's involvement.
Reuters
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Naeem is getting back-channel briefings from Ann; she calls from her office when the kids are at school.
The way of the world
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Jacob Welse crossed over the back-channel long before dark, and with him came Del, the baron, and Corliss.
A Daughter of the Snows
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One of the book's "revelations" is that Clinton used Morris as a back-channel interlocutor with Lott.
The new yorker