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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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The next showed Milo now, sitting up in the back seat of the car and taking up an enormous amount of room—but the happy smile on his face and silky coat shows how much he's loved and cared for.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
In the back seat, Lina was only pretending to sleep.
—Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025
Tesla has reduced the choice of interior trim materials, there's a less-capable particulate filter (with no HEPA mode), and there's no seat heating for the back seats or cooling for the front seats.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 7 Oct. 2025
In the back seat sat Tsukahara and Nelson.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2025
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Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
In the back seat, Lina was only pretending to sleep.
—Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025
Tesla has reduced the choice of interior trim materials, there's a less-capable particulate filter (with no HEPA mode), and there's no seat heating for the back seats or cooling for the front seats.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 7 Oct. 2025
In the back seat sat Tsukahara and Nelson.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 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 11 Oct. 2025.
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