variants
or less commonly backseat
1
: a seat in the back (as of an automobile)
2
: a secondary or inferior position
… the issues and concerns that have sometimes been given a back seat …—
Al Gore
see also take a back seat
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Kerri Bedrick, of Centerport, faced murder charges after allegedly driving 100 mph the wrong way on the Southern State Parkway with her son Eli Henrys in the back seat.
—Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
Officers then removed the SUV’s back seats and carpeting to reveal an access panel that appeared to have been newly welded.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Song was supposed to get inside the car’s popped trunk but instead headed for the back seat, Sharp said.
—Emerson Clarridge
updated March 6, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2026
In a gas station parking lot, Givens was able to get into the vehicle’s back seat as the driver tried to pull away.
—Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
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Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
Officers then removed the SUV’s back seats and carpeting to reveal an access panel that appeared to have been newly welded.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Song was supposed to get inside the car’s popped trunk but instead headed for the back seat, Sharp said.
—Emerson Clarridge
updated March 6, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2026
In a gas station parking lot, Givens was able to get into the vehicle’s back seat as the driver tried to pull away.
—Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for back seat
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“Back seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20seat. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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