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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
Nic Cheeseman, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
But a new report warns that corporate America runs the risk of backsliding.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 9 Dec. 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
As the capability gap between authoritarian and democratic networks widens, authoritarian rule has become easier to sustain and democratic backsliding harder to combat.
—Nic Cheeseman, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
But a new report warns that corporate America runs the risk of backsliding.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 9 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backslide
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When people were also treated with a long-acting form of an opioid-blocking medication called naltrexone, relapse rates dropped across all settings — to 59% after short-term inpatient care, 46% after long-term inpatient care and 38% for those treated as outpatients.—
Emma Fenske,
The Conversation,
12 Feb. 2026
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These illnesses rarely trap families in years-long cycles of stability, relapse, and decline.—
Coley Gallagher,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Funding lapsed on Saturday for DHS, which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
17 Feb. 2026
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With premium tax credits having lapsed, hundreds of thousands of Texans are at risk of losing coverage in 2026.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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Next, using a statistical tool known as a Cox regression model, the researchers equalized the participants based on factors such as age, smoking status, BMI, physical activity, alcohol intake, depression, family history of dementia, medication use and more.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Feb. 2026
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Aulden’s periods of sleep regression also put Humphries in a difficult position.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
14 Feb. 2026
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Contingency plans are in place should the security situation deteriorate, which may necessitate reverting individual sailings or the wider structural change of the service back to the Cape of Good Hope route, Maersk said.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
4 Feb. 2026
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In truth, Johnson’s lack of meaningful contribution to date may now prompt Palace to revert back to that way of operating in future.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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For mean reversion traders, this post-volatility environment is a goldmine.—
Nishant Pant,
CNBC,
10 Feb. 2026
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Watch for and prune out any reversions, which are individual shoots lacking variegation.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
8 Feb. 2026
Verb
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While defensive woes were often the focus, Castellanos’ offense also regressed in 2025.—
Charlotte Varnes,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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Since winning the 2023 World Series, the Rangers have regressed to the mean.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Feb. 2026
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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
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He was asked whether Austin Reaves, who had been on a restriction of about 25 minutes after returning from a 19-game absence because of a calf strain, would still be on a minutes restriction and whether Doncic would be available against the Clippers.—
Broderick Turner,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Jurors are expected to return Monday morning to continue considering the evidence.—
Sofia Saric,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Backslide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backslide. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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