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Recent Examples of backslide
David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025
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
Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2026
Much of that strategy continues today, with officials expressing confidence the city will not backslide into its violent past.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 5 Jan. 2026
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Noun
The White House is nonetheless fielding complaints, made in private and public, from Republicans who believe Trump is encroaching on Congress’s power of taxation and threatening to send the United States into an economic backslide.
—David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025
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
Verb
His record at other ATP Tour events was reasonable, despite issues with his physicality and a feeling of backsliding in his game.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2026
Much of that strategy continues today, with officials expressing confidence the city will not backslide into its violent past.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 5 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backslide
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Prescribers also have to contend with a lack of information about the long term effects of GLP-1 usage, which becomes especially dangerous when a return to form doesn’t just include weight loss but a possible relapse to life-threatening substance abuse.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
27 Mar. 2026
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Studies show that adults with anxiety and untreated ADHD suffer greater functional impairment and more frequent relapses, meaning their severe anxiety or depressive episodes keep returning despite therapy or medication.—
Deldhy Nicolás Moya Sánchez,
The Conversation,
16 Mar. 2026
Verb
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This deal is only for new or lapsed subscribers.—
Chris McMullen,
Space.com,
24 Mar. 2026
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While routine funding that is used to pay TSA agents has lapsed, ICE and other immigration enforcement operations are funded with personnel receiving paychecks thanks to Trump’s big tax cuts bill that became law last year.—
Wyatte Grantham-Philips,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts and Teoscar Hernández all showed signs of regression last season.—
Jack Vita,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Mar. 2026
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But Waddle’s production diminished the past three years because of myriad factors, including Tagovailoa’s regression, some drops by Waddle and Hill commanding more targets before his September injury last year.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The Huskers took a brief pause from their doldrums to summon up a home win against Minnesota only to revert back to losing, dropping four more in a row.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
13 Mar. 2026
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That decision was reversed last year, when Zaslav and Bloys decided to revert back to the HBO Max name to highlight the strength of HBO’s programming.—
Alex Sherman,
CNBC,
2 Mar. 2026
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Approaches such as momentum trading, mean reversion, and hedging can be applied.—
Felysha Walker,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Mar. 2026
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What once looked like a high-margin growth story is now at risk of becoming a margin reversion story.—
Tony Zhang,
CNBC,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Since returning to the court after a three-game absence on Thursday, James has filled his role to a T, one that has regressed production-wise with Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves fully healthy and available.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
17 Mar. 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,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This book is all about the fight to stem the tide of retrogression.—
Ken Makin,
Christian Science Monitor,
19 Nov. 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
Verb
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But Florida expects to return Orlando’s Isaiah Brown and his older brother AJ, who transferred last spring from Ohio and redshirted following shoulder surgery.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2026
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Messages left seeking comment from the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office and for Rex Heuermann’s lawyer, Michael Brown, were not immediately returned.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Backslide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backslide. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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