Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for threw back
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Trees must be felled with dangerous and expensive equipment, dragged up muddy and steep slopes with cables, cut into lengths, loaded onto trucks and hauled.—
William Baldwin,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025 -
In reality, what felled her was not just one gangster’s greed but an entire organization’s—the inheritors of Rothstein’s operation—zeroing in on a mom-and-pop, or at least a mom, business, as big enterprises always do.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Messages from this news organization to the event’s organizers were not immediately returned.—
Jakob Rodgers,
The Mercury News,
3 Jan. 2025
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After three years, Netflix’s most successful show of all time has returned in the form of Squid Game season 2.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024
Verb
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However, wider market fundamentals have not materially altered and have somewhat worsened.—
Gaurav Sharma,
Forbes,
22 Dec. 2024
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While Ireland's housing crisis has now been ongoing for about a decade, the problem is said to have worsened in recent years, as construction has dramatically lagged behind demand and migration to the country has increased requests for more homes.—
Benedict Cosgrove,
Newsweek,
20 Dec. 2024
Verb
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And in recent weeks, the market has reverted back to the narrative of the early days of this bull market.—
Jesse Pound,
CNBC,
16 Dec. 2024
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Some realized remote was the way to go, while others reverted and pushed workers back to offices.—
Toni Ann Careccio-Pisano,
Forbes,
16 Dec. 2024
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“Threw back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threw%20back. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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