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as in reverted
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as in backpedaled
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backtracked
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According to our research, by September 2025, 37 percent (7 out of 19) categories reverted prices back to pre-Liberation Day, indicating that the Liberation Day effects were at least somewhat transitory.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025 -
Trump quickly reverted back to Boston, before taking one final question in the Oval Office.—
Melanie Anzidei,
New York Times,
15 Oct. 2025
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Dreamers became eligible for coverage during the 2025 open enrollment, but it was revoked in August after the rule change.—
Berkeley Lovelace Jr,
NBC news,
31 Oct. 2025
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On Tuesday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy revoked approval for 13 flight routes operated by Mexican airlines between the two countries for violating their bilateral aviation agreement signed in 2015.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
30 Oct. 2025
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The Democrat has since faced calls from Republicans to drop out of the state attorney general race, though many Democrats and his corporate donors have not retracted their support.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Oct. 2025
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Stefano Mele, husband of Barbara Locci, initially confessed to killing his wife and her lover but later retracted his statement.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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President Bill Clinton sought to restrict press access to the same location in 1993, but rescinded the measures after media pushback.—
Scott Nover,
Arkansas Online,
2 Nov. 2025
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That declaration was later rescinded but no motive for the attack has been disclosed.—
NPR,
NPR,
2 Nov. 2025
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The play at first was close, though, and replay review overturned the call.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile sprinkle a pizza peel or another overturned baking sheet with flour or cornmeal.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Backtracked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backtracked. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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