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Recent Examples of backslide
Stephen Eide, National Review, 3 May 2025
Otherwise, her financial situation could backslide, ruining all the progress she's made.
—Steve Hruby, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Given the findings above, concerns about backsliding seem unwarranted.
—Karlyn Bowman, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
The cryptocurrency had been backsliding since reaching its all-time high on May 22 , falling 10% to $100,428 by Friday.
—Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 10 June 2025
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Verb
The city has been backsliding in its commitment to move people from the dole to work.
—Stephen Eide, National Review, 3 May 2025
Otherwise, her financial situation could backslide, ruining all the progress she's made.
—Steve Hruby, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Given the findings above, concerns about backsliding seem unwarranted.
—Karlyn Bowman, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
The cryptocurrency had been backsliding since reaching its all-time high on May 22 , falling 10% to $100,428 by Friday.
—Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backslide
Noun
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After remission, cancer cells may remain dormant for years before spreading— notably in the lungs or other organs—and causing a relapse.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 July 2025
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The Brazilian has always planned to stay but suffered an injury relapse earlier this month, which will keep him sidelined until September, further complicating any departure.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
29 July 2025
Verb
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The agency failed to answer thousands of calls from flood survivors after allowing contracts for call-center workers to lapse one day after the disaster, according to The New York Times.—
Zoë Schlanger,
The Atlantic,
15 July 2025
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The legislation, which has lapsed, was a #MeToo reform signed into law by Governor Kathy Hochul.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
3 July 2025
Noun
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However, this year’s splits are so pronounced that some kind of positive regression seems inevitable.—
Neil Paine,
New York Times,
22 July 2025
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The Panthers are banking on a repeat performance, even if Jackson feels like a potential regression candidate.—
Mike Kaye
July 14,
Charlotte Observer,
14 July 2025
Verb
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Now, those same bases are reverting back to their original names, this time with different namesakes who share Confederate surnames — the Army found other service members with the same last names to honor.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
28 July 2025
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After which, Too Much will revert back to cheerier Netflix mode.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
10 July 2025
Noun
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As a mean reversion trader, the goal is to identify these overreactions and take the other side when the setup aligns.—
Nishant Pant,
CNBC,
20 June 2025
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Overall, good old reversion to the mean likely is coming, Mazen states.—
Larry Light,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
Verb
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The team endured a harsh stretch in the last few weeks, giving up its lead in the American League East as several players fell to injury or regressed.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 July 2025
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Philadelphia also needs a good season out of George, who regressed significantly last year from his All-Star and All-NBA form.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
12 July 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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Hart undercut the route, picked off the throw and returned it for a touchdown.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
26 July 2025
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Recalibrating the brain's pleasure pathways enables desire to return organically, as observed by the Kinsey Institute, which reported a 25% increase in arousal response among participants who underwent dopamine reset.—
Ximena Araya-Fischel,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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“Backslide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backslide. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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