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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.
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Cj Moore, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026
Cj Moore, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for backtracked
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In 2017, Neverland Ranch was reverted back to its original name of Sycamore Valley Ranch, per Billboard.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
26 Apr. 2026
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The third, introduced on April 16, added a system prompt instruction capping the model’s responses at 25 words between tool calls—a change Anthropic said measurably hurt coding quality before it was reverted four days later.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
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The list of 56 sellers whose licenses were revoked includes high-profile cases which played out in court or made headlines in recent years.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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Usually, Canipe said, the municipality and the state work out differences and funding isn’t revoked.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
12 May 2026
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The report was retracted in a separate tweet, but that didn’t stop the internet, which never sleeps.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Although the chapter had been peer reviewed and approved by the Federal Judicial Center, as well as by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, the center retracted the climate chapter in February.—
Abrahm Lustgarten,
ProPublica,
2 May 2026
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What did happen was that the Ravens rescinded the Crosby trade and immediately signed Hendrickson afterward.—
Saad Yousuf,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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Across the Carolinas, at least $800,000 was rescinded by the NEA, according to arts advocacy groups in North Carolina and South Carolina.—
Zach Dennis,
Charlotte Observer,
15 May 2026
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While the damages award was overturned by an appeals court in 2024, that court gave Sony a partial win by finding that Cox was guilty of contributory copyright infringement—a type of secondary liability for contributing to others’ infringement.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
11 May 2026
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The high court overturned that order and directed a lower court to reconsider the case in light of the Louisiana decision.—
David A. Lieb,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
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“Backtracked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backtracked. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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