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Recent Examples of backslide
Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Apr. 2025
Is there a chance of backsliding in clean energy progress?
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 23 Apr. 2025
The Pledge also runs counter to widespread DEI and ESG backsliding by major food and retail companies in the early days of the second Trump presidency.
—Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
The key is establishing benchmarks for progress while maintaining safeguards against backsliding.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Such stuff might also have new life via TikTok or YouTube, and have appeal to a new group of people who have been turned off by incessant and dour reports of increasingly harsh weather, backsliding democracy and overseas war.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Apr. 2025
Is there a chance of backsliding in clean energy progress?
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 23 Apr. 2025
The Pledge also runs counter to widespread DEI and ESG backsliding by major food and retail companies in the early days of the second Trump presidency.
—Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
The key is establishing benchmarks for progress while maintaining safeguards against backsliding.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backslide
Noun
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The specter of relapse hovers over every blood test, every new ache or pain.—
David Armstrong,
CNN Money,
10 May 2025
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For Pree, diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at 19, finishing college amid relapses was a challenge.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
16 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The country’s first solar tax credits took effect in 1978, but were allowed to lapse in 1985, when President Ronald Regan was in office.—
Tik Root,
Wired News,
24 May 2025
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That law thankfully lapsed in 1800, even though the new president, Thomas Jefferson, later used it to sue a handful of newspaper editors for libel during his first term.—
Richard Stengel,
Time,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Last season, the 35-year-old tight end showed some signs of regression.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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Photo: Getty Images But revival doesn’t have to mean regression.—
Ashliene McMenamy,
Allure,
17 May 2025
Verb
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Omen gets a change reverted from a few patches ago which should stop dead allies spectating Omen being able to see through nearsights, while the really annoying issue where Vyse could no longer use Arc Rose for the remainder of the round if it was placed too close to the spike has also been solved.—
Mike Stubbs,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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However, Netflix has rarely allowed users to revert, and doing so usually requires a workaround rather than an official means of doing so.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
Noun
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The missed projection was the result of state reversions and unanticipated growth of services for aging and disabled residents.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2025
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The result for Minnesota was a reversion to its harassing, hit-first defense.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
25 May 2025
Verb
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The Pacers have also quietly regressed in their overall power play proficiency from last season, which occurs in situations where Indiana has a plus-1 numbers advantage on the break.—
Kelly Iko,
New York Times,
1 June 2025
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The Nuggets regressed from eighth in defensive rating to 21st in the league last season.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
29 May 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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That returns us to the tragic killing of Officer Rivera, who’d been on the Chicago police force for four years and is survived by a young daughter.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2025
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Rourke, returning from NFL stints, reclaims the Lions' offense after Vernon Adams Jr.'s departure, aiming to reignite the vertical attack that made BC one of the league's most explosive teams last year.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 June 2025
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“Backslide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backslide. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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