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Recent Examples of backslide
Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
The stakes are too high, and the potential for backsliding too real.
—Lewis M. Rambo, Twin Cities, 2 Mar. 2025
But whereas Tesla is losing in China — shipments have been backsliding there for the past five consecutive months on a year-on-year basis — BYD is winning.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2025
Perhaps the most fearful metaphor in the Age of Trump is not collapse, erosion, or backsliding, but endless, spiraling repetition.
—Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Hotelier Jim Hollinger returns to the White Lotus and insults Rick’s mother, Rick backslides into his plan for revenge and shoots Jim and Jim’s bodyguards, then shoulders a double whammy of calamity: Jim was Rick’s father all along, and Chelsea’s been killed in the shootout.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
The stakes are too high, and the potential for backsliding too real.
—Lewis M. Rambo, Twin Cities, 2 Mar. 2025
But whereas Tesla is losing in China — shipments have been backsliding there for the past five consecutive months on a year-on-year basis — BYD is winning.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2025
Perhaps the most fearful metaphor in the Age of Trump is not collapse, erosion, or backsliding, but endless, spiraling repetition.
—Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backslide
Noun
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Throughout remission, relapses and undergoing experimental treatments, Peters continued touring and performing.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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The relapse rate for those in recovery is as high as 70 percent.—
Ethan Brooks,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2025
Verb
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As the fiscal year ticks toward a close, many unspent appropriations may lapse.—
Doug Criscitello,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Had my accent lapsed so much that divine intervention was required?—
Shauna Lyon,
New Yorker,
9 May 2025
Noun
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Minnesota newborns will soon be screened for a disease that can lead to delays in developmental milestones, regression of skills, seizures and in some cases death.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
10 May 2025
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And that also offsets the likely imminent regression of certainly Polanco and perhaps others toward league average as the season plays out.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
Verb
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Eastern Time in the third round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, which will revert back to the four-ball format.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Apr. 2025
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After 25 years, ownership rights for Sinners will revert back to Coogler instead of resigning with Warner Bros. in perpetuity.—
Jordan Crucchiola,
Vulture,
26 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The market declines look more like a reversion to the Fed.—
Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
10 Mar. 2025
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This post–Cold War project probably prevented an earlier, faster reversion to global rivalry.—
HAL BRANDS,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
Verb
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His scoring average fell from 15.6 points per game to 13.4, rebounding regressed from 14.7 boards to 11.6, blocks from 2.1 to 1.4 and field goal percentage from 71.3 to 65.9.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Gilbert paints a clear and narrative odyssey of 21st-century feminism and how society has regressed toward the hyper-objectification, sexualization and infantilization of women.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
Noun
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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
Verb
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Players returning from the 2024-25 roster are: Flory Bidunga, Elmarko Jackson, Jamari McDowell and Noah Shelby.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
15 May 2025
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The scrappy, gender-bending show appeals to a unique cross section of theater kids and history buffs, with many audience members returning with their fathers.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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“Backslide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backslide. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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