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Recent Examples of backslide
Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
More Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images After the race, team principal Laurent Mekies confirmed the damage and announced an investigation into the truth regarding Tsunoda's backslide.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
There’s always the potential for progress to backslide.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025
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Noun
The backslide is worse for Black women, who in 2024 were paid 65 cents for every dollar paid to White men.
—Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
More Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images After the race, team principal Laurent Mekies confirmed the damage and announced an investigation into the truth regarding Tsunoda's backslide.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
After years of getting closer to Beijing and being at odds with a United States that had lectured them over human rights and backsliding on democracy, Cambodia's leaders could hardly have been more effusive in their praise for a U.S. president.
—Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
There’s always the potential for progress to backslide.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backslide
Noun
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In the season 7 premiere, it's revealed that Antonio is back in rehab after a relapse.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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The first year in remission is the most likely time for a relapse to occur, but the chances grow smaller and smaller as the years go on.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Without a compromise to address lapsing health insurance subsidies, Democrats refused to change their votes.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
8 Oct. 2025
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When deadlines for renewing programs collide with larger funding fights, important benefits can lapse, not because lawmakers chose to end them but because the fights over broader spending leave little room for resolution.—
Christopher Robertson,
The Conversation,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Even before this rash of injuries, their defense had shown major signs of regression, and a usually reliable offensive line has really struggled.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Volpe earned just $879,000 this season, so that increase would mark a raise of more than 400% despite his regressions on offense and defense.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Given that context, HD may offer a favorable risk-reward setup for a mean-reverting bounce.—
Frank Cappelleri,
CNBC,
8 Oct. 2025
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My makeup routine hasn’t completely reverted.—
Essence,
Essence,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Biden administration completed the reversion to a Cold War frame, declaring a global divide between democracies and autocracies, with China and Russia reprising their roles as principal foes.—
JENNIFER KAVANAGH,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Sep. 2025
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That prompted the Gusman heirs to reclaim ownership of the property, arguing that a reversion clause in the deed had been triggered when the MPA stepped back from managing the building.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Fans are hesitant to buy into a team that has regressed for two straight seasons and failed to reach 80 points in the standings last year.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Three-time All-Star Miami big man Bam Adebayo, meanwhile, regressed without a fully motivated Butler at the beginning of the year — and without Butler entirely by the end of the season.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 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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Under the agreement, accepted by both parties this week, Hamas will return all living hostages—believed to be around 20—in exchange for roughly 250 Palestinian prisoners serving life sentences and about 1,700 detainees from Gaza.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
11 Oct. 2025
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The Texans were unable to take advantage of Curley’s second interception that came five-yards deep in the end zone and returned out to the Northwest 21.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Backslide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backslide. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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