backdated; backdating; backdates
: to put a date earlier than the actual one on
backdate a memo
also
: to make retroactive
backdate pension rights
Examples of backdate in a Sentence
an increase in salary backdated to the beginning of the year
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Adedeji was arrested hours later, and the commission’s license revocation is backdated to that day.
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Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
Checks were backdated routinely.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2025
For example, backdating is not the only fraud that depends on simply picking prices from the past.
—Erik Lie, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2025
The document had a notary date of Oct. 18, 2024, but was backdated to Feb. 24, 2024, with the couple's old Farmington Hills address, according to testimony.
—Christina Hall, Freep.com, 2 Aug. 2025
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Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
Checks were backdated routinely.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2025
For example, backdating is not the only fraud that depends on simply picking prices from the past.
—Erik Lie, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2025
The document had a notary date of Oct. 18, 2024, but was backdated to Feb. 24, 2024, with the couple's old Farmington Hills address, according to testimony.
—Christina Hall, Freep.com, 2 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for backdate
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“Backdate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/backdate. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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