The phrase "a distinctive background" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a unique or notable history, experience, or context that sets someone or something apart from others.
Example: "Her artistic style is influenced by a distinctive background in both classical and modern art forms."
Alternatives: "a unique background" or "an exceptional background."
Mrs. Clinton would bring a distinctive background to the State Department.
Will bring to the job: A distinctive background and unique skills.
So it's easy laughs all round when comics peddle British national or regional cliches (like McIntyre also noting Glaswegian aggression) or when acts with a distinctive background massage our preconceptions about the countries and cultures they come from.
The shapes are set against a distinctive background in the rock with a different texture and chemical makeup, the team reports.
With a distinctive background as an award-winning theatrical director, choreographer, performer, and film/video writer and producer, Terry Rieser brings a rare mix of discipline and creativity to her position, overseeing production and all operational aspects of the company.
Then he places them together in their community in settings like a long hallway or a library reading room that provide a geometrically distinctive background.
Ms. Davids, a lesbian Native American, embraced her distinctive background while on the campaign trail.
Perhaps what helps Delawari stand out from the Power acolytes is her distinctive background – for US indie music anyway: her family is originally from Kabul.
But Lee intensifies her drama by setting it against an unfamiliar backdrop: the tightly knit social world of Korean immigrants, whose children strive to blend into their American foreground without clashing with their distinctive background.
Moreover, despite our distinctive backgrounds, each one of us took a great deal away from the program and had a remarkably positive experience.
On a landscape (or seascape), you will want to mark the horizon line, since this is the place sky will become land, a distinctive change of background colors.
