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Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
More Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images After the race, team principal Laurent Mekies confirmed the damage and announced an investigation into the truth regarding Tsunoda's backslide.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025
The federal backsliding on wetlands protection and the need for state actions is all taking place while climate change reality hits home hard.
—Howard Learner, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
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Noun
The backslide is worse for Black women, who in 2024 were paid 65 cents for every dollar paid to White men.
—Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
More Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images After the race, team principal Laurent Mekies confirmed the damage and announced an investigation into the truth regarding Tsunoda's backslide.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
There’s always the potential for progress to backslide.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025
The federal backsliding on wetlands protection and the need for state actions is all taking place while climate change reality hits home hard.
—Howard Learner, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backslide
Noun
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The first year in remission is the most likely time for a relapse to occur, but the chances grow smaller and smaller as the years go on.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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Metastatic relapse most commonly occurs in the lungs, bones, and liver.—
Elizabeth Yuko,
Flow Space,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Democrats seek to reverse looming cuts to Medicaid and lapsing Obamacare subsidies that Republicans say would add $1 trillion to spending over a decade.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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Dilanian, who reported Wednesday’s story with his MSNBC colleague Carol Leonnig, noted that the five-year statute of limitations on a charge of lying to Congress against Comey would lapse next Tuesday.—
Dan Mangan,Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Pulock’s regression is the bigger red flag.—
The Athletic NHL,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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Most leading teams keep an audit trail so regressions don’t slip through the cracks and improvements are visible to all stakeholders.—
Sebastian Crossa,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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During the team’s media day on Monday, Yang spoke some English but in mid-sentence would revert back to Chinese, producing a mix of English and Chinese that leaves the affable 7-footer chuckling at himself.—
Jason Quick,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Lawyers for the national council argued that reverting it back under New Jersey’s operation would have devastating consequences.—
Contessa Brewer,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
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That prompted the Gusman heirs to reclaim ownership of the property, arguing that a reversion clause in the deed had been triggered when the MPA stepped back from managing the building.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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Typical mean-reversion action in a market drawing itself onto neutral footing before the Fed decision.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Of that group, Paul, Gordon and Washington have been very good, and Phillips showed promise the first two weeks before regressing against Buffalo.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
22 Sep. 2025
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A week after an encouraging offensive performance, New York (now 0-2) regressed in a big way — Justin Fields was 3-for-11 for 27 yards before leaving the game early in the fourth quarter to be evaluated for a concussion.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Visa retrogression might become more of an issue for Indian and Chinese applicants who invest under the high-unemployment category due to its more limited availability.—
Sam Silverman,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Does the Senate really want to put in office a secretary with zero medical training, who believes in raw milk and not in the extraordinary benefits of vaccinations, without asking him about such retrogression?—
Arthur House,
Hartford Courant,
22 Nov. 2024
Verb
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While additional details for the upcoming season of the long-running soap opera remain under wraps, Young and the Restless executive producer and head writer Josh Griffith told TV Insider earlier this month that core characters will be returning with some twists and turns.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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Boley said that Heffernan returned from a tour of NFL franchises with fresh schematic and teaching approaches that the players have embraced.—
David Teel,
Miami Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Backslide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backslide. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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