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Recent Examples of backslide
Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Injuries played a major role in the backslide as Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner, Jalen Suggs, and Moe Wagner all missed significant time.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025
Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
After years of getting closer to Beijing and being at odds with a United States that had lectured them over human rights and backsliding on democracy, Cambodia's leaders could hardly have been more effusive in their praise for a U.S. president.
—Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Natomas Unified seemed to struggle this year, seeing a slight backslide in the number of students meeting standards in ELA and only a slight increase in math.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Injuries played a major role in the backslide as Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner, Jalen Suggs, and Moe Wagner all missed significant time.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
To dismiss them outright risks backsliding into a stricter, more limited understanding of masculinity.
—Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
After years of getting closer to Beijing and being at odds with a United States that had lectured them over human rights and backsliding on democracy, Cambodia's leaders could hardly have been more effusive in their praise for a U.S. president.
—Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backslide
Noun
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Said to offer a level of care not currently available in any other local program, patients would be overseen by doctors and nurses who would oversee withdrawal management and therapy designed to prevent relapses.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Not only are relapses unpredictable but scientists have yet to explain the slow and insidious degeneration that often occurs even without new lesions.—
Lucinda Rosenfeld,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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That could upend people’s ability to buy food on an unprecedented scale — the program has not lapsed during any government shutdown in recent history.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
23 Oct. 2025
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But a coordinated national assessment of trends is a necessary part of preparedness, experts say, and that has lapsed.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Despite the regression from one round to the next, the Blue Jays should feel outstanding about their young starter.—
Tim Crowley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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This year, several East teams are in danger of regression.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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If O'Connell were to revert back to the second-year quarterback as his starter, Minnesota would have McCarthy under center on the road against the Detroit Lions on November 2.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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Trump quickly reverted back to Boston, before taking one final question in the Oval Office.—
Melanie Anzidei,
New York Times,
15 Oct. 2025
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Is this Rick’s fresh start, or a reversion to his old ways?—
Willing Davidson,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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While the downtrend is still intact, price is reaching a level where a mean-reversion bounce could set up.—
Nishant Pant,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Here’s a look at the areas where Tagovailoa has regressed.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
22 Oct. 2025
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Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has regressed this season, throwing 10 picks already in seven games with only 11 touchdown passes, though head coach Mike McDaniel's job appears to be safe.—
Shaun McAvoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Oct. 2025
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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
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Other big stories ➤ More than 350 residents from Marana and surrounding southern Arizona communities gathered to criticize Management and Training Corporation's refusal to communicate on whether a shuttered state prison will return as an ICE detention center.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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Sanders has since been charged with intentionally abandoning a child younger than 15 without intent to return, a third-degree felony charge in Texas, according to court documents.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Backslide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backslide. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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