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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Police said a second suspect, identified as 40-year-old Ondraya Wroten was driving, while Thomas was in the back seat.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025
Dawkins got out of her car and ran to the road ranger, telling him that she had been shot and that her child was in the back seat.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
It's routinely tested in the passenger or back seat but seldom in the driver's seat, even though the majority of licensed drivers are women.
—Jeff McMurray, Arkansas Online, 23 Nov. 2025
It’s routinely tested in the passenger or back seat but seldom in the driver’s seat, even though the majority of licensed drivers are women.
—Jeff McMurray, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2025
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Tim Fang, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025
Dawkins got out of her car and ran to the road ranger, telling him that she had been shot and that her child was in the back seat.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
It's routinely tested in the passenger or back seat but seldom in the driver's seat, even though the majority of licensed drivers are women.
—Jeff McMurray, Arkansas Online, 23 Nov. 2025
It’s routinely tested in the passenger or back seat but seldom in the driver’s seat, even though the majority of licensed drivers are women.
—Jeff McMurray, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2025
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 29 Nov. 2025.
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