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as in back of
at, to, or toward the rear of she preferred to be behind the lead hikers, who were always too much in a rush to enjoy the scenery

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Relevance

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2
as in after
subsequent to in time or order we arrived behind them

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behind

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adjective

behind

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noun

behind

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adverb

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Recent Examples of behind
Adjective
His parents left behind three children, five grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. Jaclyn Lee, ABC News, 8 July 2025 The asset isn’t the tech, but the credibility behind it. Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Adverb
He's been busting his behind, making plays for us. . . . John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025 Just months after letting d'Arnaud walk, the Braves are already left kicking themselves in the behind. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for behind
Recent Examples of Synonyms for behind
Preposition
  • Conveniently offered in a flip-top box, the back of the 4 by 6-inch cards includes the type of soil, hardiness, habitat, bloom time, pollinators, and pests for each flower type.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 28 June 2025
  • On the witness stand, Ventura described Combs stomping on her face in the back of an Escalade in 2009 and kicking and punching her repeatedly over the years.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2025
Preposition
  • Saturday seemed like a repeat performance, this time the game wasn’t close after the third.
    Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
  • The festival also reinserts a late-summer electronic festival back into the New York City festival schedule after the two-year absence of Electric Zoo, which previously took place on Randall’s Island, but which did not happen in 2024, and is not on the calendar for 2025 after major issues in 2023.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • The sky’s most seasoned travelers share their go-to seats for comfort, quiet, and quicker exits.
    Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 6 July 2025
  • Of the 152 seats the AfD currently has in the Bundestag , 42 are direct seats, where the respective candidates individually won the districts by majority.
    Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 6 July 2025
Adjective
  • Plan for planting once the weather cools in late October.
    Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2025
  • There are certainly fluctuations of good and bad news all across the gaming industry, but more often than not as of late, the Xbox brand seems to be squandering its goodwill by saying one thing and then doing another over and over again.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • Separating the tail from the body is prohibited in state waters.
    Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 5 July 2025
  • Australian Wagyu Tomahawk Ribeye, two cold water lobster tails, and a bottle of Daou Pessimist wine — also is available for $199.
    Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Adverb
  • Arizona will have to do so without Corbin Carroll, who is working his way back from injury, and get a tough series opener with Logan Webb taking the mound for the Giants.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
  • Jessica Alba and her 17-year-old daughter Honor swung by Wimbledon on their way back from Venice, Italy, where the pair attended the Bezos-Sánchez wedding.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, Louisiana residents were delinquent on 13.1 percent of all their individual loans and lines of credit.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
  • Kennedy earned a state Board of Accountancy license in 2001, but it was listed as delinquent in 2023.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2025
Noun
  • An older woman, a friend of my mother’s (my mother was also a teacher at the school), walked over and pinched my cheeks, first one and then the other, as an adult might do to an infant.
    Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Ironically, her swollen face looks plump and round despite her partial buccal fat removal — a procedure that extracts the soft pads of tissue found inside the cheeks to create a slimmer face.
    Leah Dolan, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025

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“Behind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/behind. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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