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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
Noun
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Throughout college, Reid’s medications provided fleeting relief, followed by relapses that left her bedridden at home.—
Jason Liebowitz,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
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Whether craving returns when people stop taking them — and whether that return triggers relapse — is unknown.—
Ziyad Al-Aly,
STAT,
4 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The House’s Business Affairs and Labor Committee will vote on a bill that essentially would create state-level workplace standards, in a bid to step in for lapsing federal standards and oversight.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
23 Feb. 2026
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Jefferies heard stories of mothers challenged to pay rent when child support lapsed, or forced to make choices between food and medicine.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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While its confessional nature and sharper writing are an undeniable development, Ca$ino feels like a regression in every other sense.—
Dylan Green,
Pitchfork,
24 Feb. 2026
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Some do, sure, but dramatic regression isn’t expected here.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Feb. 2026
Verb
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That decision was reversed last year, when Zaslav and Bloys decided to revert back to the HBO Max name to highlight the strength of HBO’s programming.—
Alex Sherman,
CNBC,
2 Mar. 2026
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Besides, the new speed cameras produce most of their violations outside the pick-up and drop-off windows, when the speed limit reverts back to normal and any yellow lights should go dark.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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His lack of playing time and impact at recent stops in Golden State, Miami and Utah will lead many to assume a reversion to past Wolves form isn’t in the cards.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
27 Feb. 2026
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Much of that decline is a reversion to more typical prices following a supply shock triggered by a historic outbreak of bird flu, according to economists.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
26 Feb. 2026
Verb
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And when Varley returns to Portia after a stint with the manipulative and tempestuous Lady Penwood (Katie Leung), that’s not Bridgerton simply regressing to a status quo.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2026
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My mother, unable to cope with the trauma, regressed.—
Kimberly Zapata,
Parents,
3 Mar. 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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Many remain fearful in the aftermath, left wondering whether a sense of normalcy ever will return and venting frustration with local authorities, who seemingly did nothing to intervene amid the chaos.—
Senior Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Pomeranz found that success once his fastball returned between 92 and 93 mph last season.—
Doug Padilla,
Oc Register,
5 Mar. 2026
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