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backsliding

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verb

present participle of backslide

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for backsliding
Adjective
  • Rebecca also had suspicions that Biggs-Marvin had been unfaithful to her.
    Caroline Blair, People.com, 8 May 2025
  • While together, Odom struggled with addiction and was unfaithful in their relationship.
    Michael Nied, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Furthermore, protesting in the streets is not violence, calling for peace in Palestine is not extremism, and thinking that a secular state of Israel is the best way to attain a peaceful accommodation in Palestine is not anti-Jewish.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 2 May 2025
  • Listen to this article New York lawmakers are brokering a deal that would delay and weaken educational requirements for religious schools — a major setback for yeshiva reform advocates who believe all students should receive some secular instruction, the Daily News has learned.
    Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 2 May 2025
Adjective
  • The sinful acts on display here are a direct result of that disenfranchisement, an effort to reclaim what is still owed, forty acres and a mule, with interest.
    Richard Newby, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Pope Gregory, believing these demons to be an indication of Magdalene’s excessively sinful past, identified her as an unnamed woman in Luke who wipes Jesus’ feet with her hair.
    Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • But after loading all her worldly possessions into the back of Sam’s decaying van-cab, what should have been a simple fare becomes a wild, late-night odyssey.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 May 2025
  • Experiencing new cultures, unique attractions, indigenous cuisine and never-before-tried activities are all part of the worldly adventure.
    Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
Verb
  • China, for example, plans to launch its own sample return mission to Mars in 2028 with the goal of returning those samples to Earth in 2031.
    Tariq Malik, Space.com, 4 Jan. 2025
  • The Italian rocket firm earned this designation from European Spaceflight after successfully completing the final flight of the Vega rocket in September and returning the Vega C rocket to flight in December.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Backsliding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backsliding. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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