throwing back

present participle of throw back

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for throwing back
Verb
  • Affirm went public on the Nasdaq in 2021 and — like Klarna — took a battering in 2022 as worsening macroeconomic conditions resulting from the Russia-Ukraine war hammered tech stocks.
    Ryan Browne, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Florida, along with California and Texas, is particularly vulnerable to worsening natural disasters fueled by climate change, and the cost to insure a home has risen precipitously as a result.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And customers are falling for it.
    Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Other big stories ➤ The median rent on a one-bedroom Phoenix-area apartment is falling after the region led the nation in price increases in 2021.
    Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Burberry's share price has fallen sharply over recent years, declining almost 80% from April 2023 to September 2024, as waning sales and a slew of management changes exacerbated a wider luxury downturn.
    Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
  • That growing influencer base among podcasters contrasts with the declining reach of legacy TV networks and cable channels.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Brown spent more than five years in prison for robbery with a deadly weapon before returning home to his mother.
    Amanda Castro Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The six returning starters are 12-0, and the five starters elevated from within the program are 10-0.
    Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Several colors and prints are 30 percent off, dropping this pick to under $100.
    Anne Taylor, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The trend reversed, with the rate dropping to 28% in the 2022-2023 school year, but attendance hasn't returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics.
    Kayla Jimenez, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Other changes include renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and reverting Alaska's Denali mountain to Mount McKinley.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The president has similarly hinted at soon reverting the Department of Defense to the Department of War, the name the Cabinet’s military department bore from 1789 until 1947.
    Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Throwing back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throwing%20back. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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