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noun

Definition of backslidenext
as in relapse

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verb

as in to relapse

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Recent Examples of backslide
Noun
Pankiw’s efforts come as Hollywood has seen a further backslide in women’s employment. — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026 Kleber Mendonça Filho, winner of Best Non-English Language Feature for political thriller The Secret Agent, has talked about his native Brazil recent backslide, and return, to democracy. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 11 Jan. 2026
Verb
This looks like backsliding for a region that was already struggling to meet its emissions targets. — Julius Cesar Trajano, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026 The new mayor promised to bridge the divide between the Bay Area’s business community and its working class in a lasting fashion, but now, some business leaders fear the city is backsliding. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for backslide
Recent Examples of Synonyms for backslide
  1. relapse
  2. lapse
  3. regression
  4. revert
  5. reversion
  6. regress
  7. retrogression
  8. return
Noun
  • Its symptoms, including watery diarrhea, fatigue, and weight loss, can persist for weeks and relapse.
    — Matthew Binnicker, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Antipsychotic discontinuation in schizophrenia carries a steep relapse risk.
    — Sunny Patel, STAT, 17 July 2026
Definition of relapse
Verb
  • Cast options on the conspiracy thriller meets police procedural have lapsed, Deadline previously reported, meaning NBC is not keeping any of the stars exclusively tied to the show, a sign there is no life left in the project.
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • Lotte Shopping and Contentree JoongAng disclosed Wednesday that the memorandum of understanding governing the merger between Lotte Cultureworks and Megabox JoongAng lapsed as of June 30, formally ending the process.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 July 2026
Definition of lapse
Noun
  • But in the years since, turnover at defensive coordinator, age, injuries and free-agent departures have led to the regression of the unit.
    — Mike Jones, New York Times, 16 July 2026
  • The researchers performed regression analysis to isolate these variables.
    — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2026
Definition of regression
Verb
  • Amid the energy crisis in the early 1970s, daylight saving time was shifted earlier, to January and February, before later reverting back to the last Sunday in April, per the Council of State Governments.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
  • Aside from those outlier seasons, escrow money mostly reverted back to owner, and the COVID-19 pandemic forced the league to send the withholding percentages skyward.
    — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 13 July 2026
Definition of revert
Noun
  • The tradwife trend is controversial in that it is seen by some as a rejection of feminism and a reversion to a seemingly simpler time.
    — Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 June 2026
  • No photos have been revealed yet for next year’s release, but the reversion to the name Super Freak suggests the original details should return as well.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 9 June 2026
Definition of reversion
Verb
  • Clemson, which carried the mantle for a decade, has regressed, which doesn’t help.
    — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
  • Duran is hitting more home runs than usual and is on pace for a second 20-20 season, but by every other metric the outfielder has regressed significantly in 2026.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 14 July 2026
Definition of regress
Noun
  • This book is all about the fight to stem the tide of retrogression.
    — Ken Makin, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Nov. 2025
  • 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
Definition of retrogression
Verb
  • Two of the starters have since gotten hurt (Ranger Suarez with a groin injury and Connelly Early with elbow inflammation), but Suarez could return Tuesday, and the team has kept rolling.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • Then the rains returned, and the home was destroyed again, worse than before.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
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