backslid

verb

past tense of backslide
as in relapsed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backslid
  1. relapsed
  2. lapsed
  3. regressed
  4. reverted
  5. returned
Verb
  • In 2025/2026, however, tensions arose when Raphinha relapsed just before the October Clasico lost to Madrid in the Bernabeu.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Sandberg, who unveiled a statue of his likeness outside Wrigley Field in June 2024, announced in December of that year that his prostate cancer had relapsed and spread to other organs.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026
Definition of relapsed
Verb
  • The program lapsed in June, as Democrats protested Pulte's appointment to the position.
    — Justin Papp, CNBC, 15 July 2026
  • Cast options on the conspiracy thriller meets police procedural have lapsed, Deadline previously reported, meaning NBC is not keeping any of the stars exclusively tied to the show, a sign there is no life left in the project.
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of lapsed
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  • Clemson, which carried the mantle for a decade, has regressed, which doesn’t help.
    — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
  • Duran is hitting more home runs than usual and is on pace for a second 20-20 season, but by every other metric the outfielder has regressed significantly in 2026.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 14 July 2026
Definition of regressed
Verb
  • Aside from those outlier seasons, escrow money mostly reverted back to owner, and the COVID-19 pandemic forced the league to send the withholding percentages skyward.
    — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 13 July 2026
  • The effect hasn’t mean-reverted.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 June 2026
Definition of reverted
Verb
  • Then the rains returned, and the home was destroyed again, worse than before.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • On Sunday, however, the agency backtracked and said a test of the brand’s lettuce for the cyclospora parasite had returned a false positive.
    — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of returned
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