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<!-- (audio) Alice: Specifically, one-fourth of this portion is directed towards back-end development, which is crucial given our scalability goals. -->

--instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

--fillInTheBlank--

--sentence--

Specifically, one-fourth of this portion is BLANK back-end development, which is crucial given our scalability goals.

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directed towards

--feedback--

This two-word phrase means that something is aimed at or used for a specific purpose.

--explanation--

Directed towards means something is assigned, focused, or aimed at a particular area or goal. For example:

A large part of the funding was directed towards research and development. — This means the money was intentionally used for that area.

In Alice's sentence, she means part of the budget is being used for back-end development.

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