BACKTRACKED Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

backtracked

verb

past tense of backtrack

as in reverted

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Recent Examples of backtracked Seconds later, Flore backtracked, called the foul on the floor, then backtracked his backtrack and reverted to his initial call. — Cj Moore, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026

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However, the cells recently reverted from the supergiant state do not have the potential to form supergiants compared to cells produced by normal morphs.

— Jay Kakade July 23, Refractor, 23 July 2026
Aside from those outlier seasons, escrow money mostly reverted back to owner, and the COVID-19 pandemic forced the league to send the withholding percentages skyward.

— Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 13 July 2026

Definition of reverted

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Over the weekend, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a positive lettuce test, then retracted it a day later as a false positive.

— Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Anthony Volpe had to defend his character after the team’s play-by-play man, Michael Kay, retracted unfounded claims about the shortdtop’s unwillingness to play second base.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 July 2026

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The Fever have previously appealed Clark’s technical fouls, but if this one is not rescinded, she’ll be tied with Mercury guard Kahleah Copper for the second-most technical fouls in the WNBA this season.

— James Boyd, New York Times, 19 July 2026
The replay system, Video Assistant Referee (VAR) contributed to the decision to issue a red card, later rescinded, to Team USA’s Folarin Balogun.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026

Definition of rescinded

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In October, the Supreme Court overturned the $1 billion decision, ruling that the money that Roh’s father allegedly gave Chey’s father was illegally obtained.

— Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
Her orders remain in place unless they are stayed or overturned by the Full Court.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 July 2026

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