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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
Peter Leyden, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
What followed in Serbia was backsliding on democracy.
—Hanna Begić, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 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
All this assumes that America and the West do not backslide into their own versions of authoritarianism.
—Peter Leyden, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
What followed in Serbia was backsliding on democracy.
—Hanna Begić, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backslide
Noun
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According to the police foundation, the centers have helped cut crime relapses from 85% in 2017 to a current 6%.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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These recommendations are based, in part, on studies that have found higher relapse rates among those who stop taking the medication versus those who do not.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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That authorization has since lapsed.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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This past fall, those struggles intensified when SNAP benefits lapsed during the government shutdown.—
Talia Kaplan,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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America’s universities, by their nature, are natural opponents to that regression.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Jan. 2026
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Despite his success at the plate, Bader projects to be due for some regression.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
26 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Conversely, a continual underperformance in revenue and operating income growth for Tapestry would strengthen the assertion that the stock is overpriced in relation to its competitors, yet might not revert soon.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Stoutmire reverted back to his comfort factor with the Razorback staff when asked what stood out about his trip to Fayetteville.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Moreover, mean-reversion, not momentum, dominates fund returns over longer periods.—
Peter Cohan,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Many factor studies are most robust at roughly monthly horizons because fundamental and positioning data updates occur on that cadence, and because mean reversion is more likely to occur over weeks than over days, the duration aligns naturally with options trading frequency and maintenance.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
12 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Vrabel, who played in four Super Bowls for the Patriots as a linebacker, overhauled a group that was regressing in coach Bill Belichick's final year and worsened in Jerod Mayo's lone season.—
Jeff Howe,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Brooklyn has now lost 10 of its last 11 games, and after spending December posting the best defensive ratings in the league, the Nets have regressed right back into one of the NBA’s worst teams.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 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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Israel agreed to return 15 Palestinian bodies for each hostage recovered, according to the ceasefire terms.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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Many Cuban Americans were mistreated and would probably like to return.—
Moriah Thomas,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Backslide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backslide. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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