US, informal
: the area in the back of a van, station wagon, or SUV
… the scant storage behind the third seat. The seatback folds, but the only way to open up the wayback is to remove the third seat entirely.—
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This is not how the wayback seat worked 20 years ago.
—Karl Brauer, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Because the Telluride is several inches longer than the seven-passenger Kia Sorento, its cabin is even more spacious, especially for those in the wayback.
—Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 14 July 2023
And that’s when Apollo 10 1/2 turns into a straight-up wayback time machine, as much a memory piece as Roma, Belfast or Licorice Pizza.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2022
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Karl Brauer, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Because the Telluride is several inches longer than the seven-passenger Kia Sorento, its cabin is even more spacious, especially for those in the wayback.
—Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 14 July 2023
And that’s when Apollo 10 1/2 turns into a straight-up wayback time machine, as much a memory piece as Roma, Belfast or Licorice Pizza.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2022
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“Wayback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wayback. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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