retrograded

past tense of retrograde

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for retrograded
Verb
  • By the early 1960s, reforms in Angola had begun to stall as budgets were cut and conditions deteriorated, the museum website says.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But when the levees failed, thousands of people were trapped inside as supplies dwindled and conditions deteriorated quickly.
    Sarah Alegre, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When the Yankees returned two weeks later, cameras descended and seats filled, once again.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But more than 20,000 soldiers descended on Panama—far outnumbering the 4,500 thought to be in or on the way to the region.
    Ellie Cook John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But the concept crumbled almost immediately before being thrown completely off track with Courtney Vandersloot’s season-ending injury.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Acquired to solidify the bridge to the closer, Helsley has crumbled in his first month as a Met.
    Tim Britton, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • There’s never a good time for bad news, but with RadarOnline reporting that the King’s health has worsened recently.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Heavy rains and leaky sewage pipes The causes of fecal bacteria in coastal and inland waters vary depending on the region, but in each case it's worsened by heavy rains and extreme weather events like hurricanes and tornadoes, experts said.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • On the Republican side, many politicos were thrown for another loop when Attorney General Brenna Bird declined to run for the GOP nomination.
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Note that the relative strength indicator has declined from late 2024 to the present – heading in the opposite direction of the price.
    John Navin, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • By Monday, the storm had degenerated in to remnants which were located about 615 miles west of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula of Mexico, with no threat to land, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).
    Hannah Parry Amanda Castro Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
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“Retrograded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retrograded. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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