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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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Officers sent to the scene about 9:10 p.m. found Baker in the back seat of the SUV, and he was pronounced dead at Regions Hospital.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 16 July 2025
She was found beaten, shot and burned in the back seat of a Chevrolet Malibu on a highway east of Phoenix.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 13 July 2025
Stella Nyarko-Dei, 71, was in the back seat of a 2003 Toyota Avalon that was heading west on Bartow Ave.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 13 July 2025
The first officer then unlocked the car, allowing the second officer to enter the back seat and pull the baby out.
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 26 June 2025
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Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 16 July 2025
She was found beaten, shot and burned in the back seat of a Chevrolet Malibu on a highway east of Phoenix.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 13 July 2025
Stella Nyarko-Dei, 71, was in the back seat of a 2003 Toyota Avalon that was heading west on Bartow Ave.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 13 July 2025
The first officer then unlocked the car, allowing the second officer to enter the back seat and pull the baby out.
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 26 June 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 31 Jul. 2025.
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