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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backslid
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Brown’s parole officer first notified police that the defendant had relapsed on crack cocaine and was expressing suicidal ideation on the morning of the shooting, prosecutors said.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
14 May 2026 -
Has Jinx relapsed in plain sight?—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
6 May 2026
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Within months, their visas lapsed.—
Annie Hylton,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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There was a license which lapsed.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
13 May 2026
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That projection is based on the player’s performance in each metric over the last three seasons (five for goalies), weighted for recency where more recent seasons carry more significance and regressed to the mean.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
14 May 2026
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Smith’s play has regressed over the past two seasons.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
6 May 2026
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Musk is seeking to have Altman removed from the company's board, the company reverted back to a nonprofit, and have millions to be transferred to the charity arm at OpenAI.—
Jacob Rosen,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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In 2017, Neverland Ranch was reverted back to its original name of Sycamore Valley Ranch, per Billboard.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
26 Apr. 2026
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In the remote village of Bella Coola, where a milky-green river winds beneath towering mountains, the ooligan run has not returned in 26 years.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
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And in February, HBR returned with 3M's Jayshree Seth describing how AI tools meant to enhance productivity are creating predictable patterns of dysfunction.—
Julie Averill,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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“Backslid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backslid. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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