How native speakers pronounce “back”

pretty scary at the time but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made the minute I dropped out I could

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

designing the first Macintosh computer it all came back to me and we designed it all into the Mac it was the first

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

So I bought some land in Austin, Texas, started building animal enclosures, and I started growing my hair back -- that takes about two years, in case anyone was curious.

The Wildlife Sanctuary You Can Visit from Anywhere | Maya Higa | TED · TED

the mid 1970s and I was your age on the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

(Laughter) And you're never asked back, curiously. That's strange to me. But if you are, and you say to somebody,

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

of a little girl who was in a drawing lesson. She was six, and she was at the back, drawing, and the teacher said this girl hardly ever paid attention,

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

I need to speak to her privately. Wait here. We'll be back. We won't be very long," and they went and left her.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

and it was cold. I couldn't go back to my friend Jeff's house for the night because I had an early flight to Europe the next morning,

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

So I raced home in the snow and ice, 40 minutes, got my passport, raced back to the airport, I made it just in time,

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

but they had given away my seat to someone else, so I got stuck in the back of the plane, next to the bathrooms, in a seat that wouldn't recline, on an eight-hour flight.

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

Now, this sounds like common sense, and it is, but there's a lot of science to back this up, based on the way our spatial memory works.

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

So suppose you go to your doctor and the doctor says, "I just got your lab work back, your cholesterol's a little high." Now, you all know that high cholesterol

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

or to prevent the bad things from happening in the first place. Getting back to that snowy night in Montreal, when I got back from my trip,

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

Getting back to that snowy night in Montreal, when I got back from my trip, I had my contractor install a combination lock next to the door,

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

when you multitask what you're actually doing is juggling back and forth between activities for 20 seconds your attention is on this

Slow Thinking

return to your original task moreover when you toggle back and forth between tasks you make more mistakes and take

Slow Thinking

I click return and land and dock. So it will now go back up autonomously find its way back to the dock.

The Invisible Infrastructure in the Sky | Adam Bry | TED · TED

So it will now go back up autonomously find its way back to the dock. Dock opens up.

The Invisible Infrastructure in the Sky | Adam Bry | TED · TED

What you put in is what you'll get back. What surprised me most about owning a

The Love of My Life (and Why I Need to Share It with You) | Ann Patchett | TED · TED

But before long, my supervisor pushed me to push Alex about her love life. I pushed back. I said, "Sure, she's dating down,

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

They have top priority for protection. They can't put them back once they're gone. We can help restore some of the damage that we've inflicted,

We’re Keeping the Ocean Wild — and You Can Join Us | Sylvia A. Earle | TED · TED

Let the clams do the rest. Seagrasses began to grow again once the clams were back. The water became clearer.

We’re Keeping the Ocean Wild — and You Can Join Us | Sylvia A. Earle | TED · TED

does that memory glow? Do you look back on that as something special and magical, that time in your life?

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

Do you eat Lucky Charms, or do you eat a healthy breakfast? When someone snaps at you, do you snap back, or do you show a little bit of grace?

5 Practical Ways to Take Control of Your Life | Jim VandeHei | TED · TED

And I could have said and done things that would come back to haunt me. In every minute of every day during that period, I thought,

5 Practical Ways to Take Control of Your Life | Jim VandeHei | TED · TED

I'm going to do the next right thing. I'm not going to do things that are going to come back and hurt me or haunt me. And it helped me get there.

5 Practical Ways to Take Control of Your Life | Jim VandeHei | TED · TED

In 2023, they announced that they're going back to textbooks. They're pulling

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

They're going back to books and handwriting, especially in the earlier grades.

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

You can't put the genie back in the bottle. But in the last few years, humanity has

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

mobilized, and we are putting the genie back in the bottle. >> >> Mothers were the first to organize and

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

Teachers are so thrilled to get their students back. And one of the things

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

rid of all the one-to-one devices, go back to books and paper. >> >> The people who made this technology,

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

when we do everything we think we're supposed to do? The answer I kept coming back to was not ideology -- it was power, politics and incentives.

The Missing Ingredient in Every Peace Deal | Hiba Qasas | TED · TED

(Laughter) One time I went on vacation, and by the time I got back, they'd called off their wedding.

Your Relationship Expectations Could Be Holding You Back | Stephanie R. Yates-Anyabwile | TED · TED

How do you cultivate legitimacy in a world where might is right again, where power politics is back and transactionalism is in fashion? My answer is not by countering power with idealism,

The Missing Ingredient in Every Peace Deal | Hiba Qasas | TED · TED

Let's talk about expectations while you guys are living separately. And by the time they came back to me, I'd never seen them communicate so well.

Your Relationship Expectations Could Be Holding You Back | Stephanie R. Yates-Anyabwile | TED · TED

the Second Intifada started and those we were sharing with were back in uniforms, fighting in our own towns.

The Missing Ingredient in Every Peace Deal | Hiba Qasas | TED · TED

We avoid talking to strangers. We lean back and type to each other rather than leaning in and talking to each other.

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

We feel grateful but don’t express it. want to reach out to offer support to someone in need but hold back. We’d like to be open and honest in our relationships,

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

to reach out and approach other people, to engage with them, or to hold back and avoid them. It might, in fact, arguably be the choice we make,

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

I cannot let that six-year-old keep dictating my life anymore. I have to put him back in his place. So this is where I went online and looked for help.

What I Learned from 100 Days of Rejection | Jia Jiang | TED · TED

In one of our very first experiments, we went back to a train station on the line that I ride into work every day,

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

and that was the longest walk of my life -- hair on the back of my neck standing up, I was sweating and my heart was pounding.

What I Learned from 100 Days of Rejection | Jia Jiang | TED · TED

in the conversation, the trouble I have is getting them to come back. These conversations go much better than people expect that they will.

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

as you learn where your mistaken beliefs about other people might be holding you back needlessly. And then you develop habits that then become part of your character

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

Do you engage with them, do you approach, or do you hold back and avoid it? Jen and I had already adopted two children into our family,

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

We reached out to Lindsey and Lindsey reached back to us. She's been bringing love and smiles like that into our lives for years since.

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

that it will turn out well, and as a result, we tend to hold ourselves back a little too often. I've found in my life and in my research

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

I've found in my life and in my research that testing some of those beliefs that hold us back can reveal places where we're making mistakes about other people

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

He said, "Wow, I can use this. Why don't you come back in two months? I'll fit you in my curriculum." And two months later I was teaching a class.

What I Learned from 100 Days of Rejection | Jia Jiang | TED · TED

You keep those as souvenirs, actually. Please don’t throw them back the whole time. A lot of people look at that and be like,

Mark Rober’s $60 Million Science Experiment | TED · TED

those gas molecules got more and more crowded as they pushed back on the plastic molecules comprising the walls of the two-liter bottle.

Mark Rober’s $60 Million Science Experiment | TED · TED

Or even a soccer goalie moves back and forth at 40 miles an hour, and then we track your shot so effectively,

Mark Rober’s $60 Million Science Experiment | TED · TED

and it won't take long before you start getting back some incredible footage like this. (Video) Hello.

Mark Rober’s $60 Million Science Experiment | TED · TED

that this was a type of tumor that had a high risk for coming back in the same limb. But his conversations with the patient

Why curiosity is the key to science and medicine | Kevin B. Jones

yet sleep experts typically simplify them into four basic types: left side, right side, stomach, or back. Until the age of one,

What’s the best position to sleep in? - Rachel Marie E. Salas

By adulthood, most people prefer side-sleeping, while fewer favor back-sleeping, and stomach-sleeping is the least preferred overall.

What’s the best position to sleep in? - Rachel Marie E. Salas

Others can leave the spine unsupported, straining nearby tissue, and preventing the muscles in the back, hips, or neck from fully relaxing. This can then lead to tension and stiffness in the morning.

What’s the best position to sleep in? - Rachel Marie E. Salas

For patients with certain respiratory conditions, for example, it allows the back of the lungs to expand more freely. Sleeping on your back, on the other hand,

What’s the best position to sleep in? - Rachel Marie E. Salas

it allows the back of the lungs to expand more freely. Sleeping on your back, on the other hand, is often preferred by those with lower back pain.

What’s the best position to sleep in? - Rachel Marie E. Salas

Sleeping on your back, on the other hand, is often preferred by those with lower back pain. When paired with a small pillow under the knees,

What’s the best position to sleep in? - Rachel Marie E. Salas

However, it may be less than ideal for your sleep partner. For some people, lying on their back can cause the soft tissues of the throat and tongue to collapse into the airway.

What’s the best position to sleep in? - Rachel Marie E. Salas

This condition already involves pauses in breathing, and back sleeping can increase the likelihood that the airway collapses completely, blocking airflow.

What’s the best position to sleep in? - Rachel Marie E. Salas

so this position situates it below the esophagus, allowing gravity to naturally keep stomach acid from flowing back up. However, for people with congestive heart failure,

What’s the best position to sleep in? - Rachel Marie E. Salas

with this technology being better drivers than humans? You know, it goes back to the status quo. People don't generally view themselves or their neighbors or their friends

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

And it's really important for people to internalize this distinction, because what we found back in 2012, when we had sort of a supercruise capability,

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

or can we start imagining a world where parking structures could move out, parks could come back community life could sort of come back to the center of a city.

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

parks could come back community life could sort of come back to the center of a city. So that's a vision.

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

And what helped me make sense of it actually wasn't looking forward. It was going back, all the way back. You see, two billion years ago,

Why Humans Should Merge with AI | D. Scott Phoenix | TED · TED

Your bed has never felt so sweet. After one sleepless night, your body and brain bounce back pretty quickly. Which is a good thing since we can’t always control how much sleep we get.

What staying up all night does to your brain - Anna Rothschild

And sure, when I was younger, she'd say, "We can go back to Chicago," but going back didn’t feel like rest --

How I Set Myself Free | Keke Palmer | TED · TED

"We can go back to Chicago," but going back didn’t feel like rest -- it felt like erasure.

How I Set Myself Free | Keke Palmer | TED · TED

Stopping was always on the table alongside going back to how we were living before. So stopping never felt like a choice --

How I Set Myself Free | Keke Palmer | TED · TED

So does it mean that if you've got insomnia, you should be sitting back on the couch each night with a joint? (Laughter)

Can Cannabis Help You Sleep? Here’s the Science | Jen Walsh | TED · TED

When the justices attacked, I validated their concerns and then bridged back. The interrogation became a dialogue.

What Really Won the Trillion-Dollar Supreme Court Case | Neal Kumar Katyal | TED · TED

Do I generally sleep through the night without disturbances? Or, if I wake, do I fall back asleep easily? Can I stay awake through the day without involuntarily falling asleep?

Do You Really Need 8 Hours of Sleep Every Night? | Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter | TED · TED

(Laughter) And then he’d turn back to his canvas and he’d make these gentle, relaxing sounds with his paintbrush.

The Brain Science (and Benefits) of ASMR | Craig Richard | TED · TED

trained on vast quantities of written texts. They reflect back to us an image of ourselves, of our collective, digitized past.

Why AI Isn’t Going to Become Conscious | Anil Seth | TED · TED

to some very popular ASMR artists on YouTube. So lean back, stretch out your legs.

The Brain Science (and Benefits) of ASMR | Craig Richard | TED · TED

I suppose it's understandable. And back in the real world, talk of conscious AI does other things too -- it conjures this sense of technological wonder and magic

Why AI Isn’t Going to Become Conscious | Anil Seth | TED · TED

So, this is totally true. Back in the 1950s, scientists knew that when women enter menopause, they start releasing high levels of fertility hormones in their urine.

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

this link between disgusting things and immorality. And while I don't have any concrete data to back up this next idea, I think that for a lot of us, it happens around the time we hit puberty.

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

that I think talking about gross stuff is so important. A while back, I made a video on tonsil stones -- sorry, everyone -- which are these balls of mucus and bacteria and food

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

and that's because you just never know what you're going to find when you peel back all those layers of disgustingness. So, take the California brown sea hare.

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

AH: You're a Muslim, but you recently went back to a church where your family was sheltered during the war,

What Kosovo Can Teach the World About Freedom | Vjosa Osmani Sadriu | TED · TED

Building software felt like playing a video game again. I was back. I built 44 projects in just a few months.

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

But then it found an OpenAI key, it sent the whole thing to the server, it got it back, and then it replied. All of that in nine seconds.

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

The lobster is loose, and it's not going back into the tank. Thank you very much.

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

or calls to get married are going to drag us back to the good old days, which, to be honest, weren't that good to begin with.

Stop Telling Single People to Get Married | Peter McGraw | TED · TED

Self-love, properly understood, not as narcissism, but as having your own back, is not selfish.

The Benefits of Not Being a Jerk to Yourself | Dan Harris | TED · TED

on preparing a talk like this. And then she went and gave it, and she came back and I said, "How did the talk go? Did it go well?"

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

And you turn to the person and you say, "Those last three things you just did back there, no good.

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

So I scurry into my apartment and my ex, he pushes me back into the hallway to talk to my neighbors and says to me, you know,

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

What would you tell other people who are in your situation?" And so as I'm sort of stumbling back into the hallway, I'm thinking about a few things that I have learned

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

look, nod and smile to show that you're paying attention, repeat back what you just heard or summarize it. So I want you to forget all of that.

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

in which a guest is talking for several minutes and then the host comes back in and asks a question which seems like it comes out of nowhere, or it's already been answered.

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

Friendship is, it seems such a unique area to research. And I actually want to read something back to you from your book to help us understand a little bit more

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

MF: Yeah, yeah. Well, first of all, I'll take a step back and say, like, clearly, connection is so central to all of us.

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

at any time. So basically, this all goes back to, I really think, this tip, right? It's such an all encompassing tip, right?

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

Think back to your biggest setback. Not an obstacle, not a mistake.

How to Turn Setbacks into Success | Amy Shoenthal | TED · TED