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backburnernoun
A burner of a stove away from the cook's side.
backburnernoun
A state of being postponed, deferred or given lower priority (from the sense that pots on backburners get less attention).
We'll put next year's Christmas party on the backburner until we deal with the current financial crisis.
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Backburner
Push to a very low priority, as in let's backburner that initiative until next year.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of backburner in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of backburner in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of backburner in a Sentence
I hope today's briefing provides members with specific information about what the departments and agencies are doing to combat the threat to our elections and what we ought to do next, after it concludes, we can not let this issue sit on the backburner. Senate Democrats and Senate Republicans alike must roll up Senate Democrats sleeves and get to work, the Majority Leader included.
Essentially the manatee was put on the backburner for more than a decade, we're happy that FWS is once again making them a priority, because manatees could not wait any longer.
The fact that we have a finite day andresources that can be dedicatedto school.What are we teaching kids thatcould be taught in the same timewhat about math?What about civics education?What about the history of ourcountry?That’s all been sent to the backburner for the people who have now taken over the schools [who are] powered by this neworthodoxy.
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