backlist
noun
back·list
ˈbak-ˌlist 
: a list of books kept in print as distinguished from books newly published
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The number of Chinese students enrolled at US universities has fallen by more than 25% from its peak in the 2019-2020 school year, and reversing that trend will take more than just scrapping an export control backlist.
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Gina Chon, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Digital techniques could clean up the scratchy sound of great performances from the nineteen-twenties and thirties, putting record companies sometimes in competition with their own backlists.
—David Denby, New Yorker, 20 July 2025
There’s also a four-decade backlist of Shape magazine, the first dedicated to women’s fitness.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2025
New export licenses Following the Geneva talks, China’s Commerce Ministry removed 28 US firms from its dual-use export control list and pulled 17 American companies from another trade and investment backlist.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 20 May 2025
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Gina Chon, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Digital techniques could clean up the scratchy sound of great performances from the nineteen-twenties and thirties, putting record companies sometimes in competition with their own backlists.
—David Denby, New Yorker, 20 July 2025
There’s also a four-decade backlist of Shape magazine, the first dedicated to women’s fitness.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2025
New export licenses Following the Geneva talks, China’s Commerce Ministry removed 28 US firms from its dual-use export control list and pulled 17 American companies from another trade and investment backlist.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 20 May 2025
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“Backlist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/backlist. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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