backtracking

verb

present participle of backtrack
1
as in reverting

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2
as in backpedaling

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backtracking
  1. reverting
  2. overturning
  3. revoking
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  • Such plans would include reverting individual sailings or bringing the whole service back to the Cape of Good Hope route used since the start of the Red Sea crisis in late 2023.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 8 July 2026
  • At least Mercedes is reverting back to screwing things together rather than gluing things in a back-to-basics manufacturing push.
    — Joel Feder, The Drive, 11 June 2026
Definition of reverting
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  • The players were aware of popular sentiment against overturning the call.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
  • Earlier this year, Zeldin proposed overturning the landmark finding that climate change is a threat to human health.
    — Ali Swenson, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026
Definition of overturning
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  • Another decision allows the administration to proceed with revoking temporary legal status for hundreds of thousands of immigrants.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 26 June 2026
  • Zelensky formally responded on Saturday in a decidedly undiplomatic post on X, subtly trashing the Polish government for revoking his award while not doing so with other historical awardees that many would object to.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 20 June 2026
Definition of revoking
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