What's the meaning of "back" in this sentence

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Hello, would someone please tell me what is meaning of "back" in this sentence?

To everyone back at the factory in Brackley, thank you for all of your hard work and for producing such a fantastic car.

Thank you in advance.

Coloraday · Accepted Answer

To everyone who is back at the factory in Brackley, thank you for all of your hard work and for producing such a fantastic car.

ESLBeginner · Answer

Then why these people are "back" at the factory?

Khoff · Answer

Using "back" in this way suggest that in some way the speaker used to be at the location mentioned, but isn't there any more. Maybe in this case the speaker used to work at the factory, or recently visited the factory. It's also used to refer to a time period in the past.

Back home, we always had a big vegetable garden.

Back in the Sixties, we didn't trust anyone over thirty.

In the U.S., even people who never lived on the East Coast might say "back East" and "out West" -- perhaps because the country began in the East and gradually spread across the continent.

It's also used in narratives when switching from one scene of action to another scene that had been discussed earlier. "Meanwhile, back at the ranch,..."

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