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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backed (up)
Verb
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And his immigration policies seem only to have hardened since then.—
Patricia Lopez,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025 -
Yet on Capitol Hill, the standoff has only hardened.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Alker set the front-nine and back-nine records last year with a pair of matching 31s for a tournament record 62 in the first round.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Oct. 2025
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Neither has given an indication of leaving the team or the sport, and most of next year’s F1 grid is set.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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While the rest of Burning Man celebrated, Kruglov lay prostrate on the ground at a faraway campsite in a comparatively desolate section of Black Rock City, his throat slashed, as a puddle of blood congealed around his lifeless body.—
Denver Nicks,
Rolling Stone,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Backed (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backed%20%28up%29. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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