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Recent Examples of backslide
Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Apr. 2025
Is there a chance of backsliding in clean energy progress?
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 23 Apr. 2025
The Pledge also runs counter to widespread DEI and ESG backsliding by major food and retail companies in the early days of the second Trump presidency.
—Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
The key is establishing benchmarks for progress while maintaining safeguards against backsliding.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Such stuff might also have new life via TikTok or YouTube, and have appeal to a new group of people who have been turned off by incessant and dour reports of increasingly harsh weather, backsliding democracy and overseas war.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Apr. 2025
Is there a chance of backsliding in clean energy progress?
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 23 Apr. 2025
The Pledge also runs counter to widespread DEI and ESG backsliding by major food and retail companies in the early days of the second Trump presidency.
—Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
The key is establishing benchmarks for progress while maintaining safeguards against backsliding.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backslide
Noun
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The specter of relapse hovers over every blood test, every new ache or pain.—
David Armstrong,
CNN Money,
10 May 2025
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For Pree, diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at 19, finishing college amid relapses was a challenge.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
16 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The importance of this is that as an additional named insured the HOA would be notified by the insurer if the homeowner’s insurance lapsed or was canceled.—
Kelly G. Richardson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 May 2025
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Musk is expected to step back from his role once his 130-day period has lapsed, people familiar with the matter said earlier this month.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In this state, crucial questions regarding how Black brands will navigate such economic instability, and social regression are of the utmost importance, according to Beckham.—
Julian Randall,
Essence,
20 May 2025
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Pate extracted a very good answer from Cristobal about UM’s defensive regression last season and what must change.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
19 May 2025
Verb
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Omen gets a change reverted from a few patches ago which should stop dead allies spectating Omen being able to see through nearsights, while the really annoying issue where Vyse could no longer use Arc Rose for the remainder of the round if it was placed too close to the spike has also been solved.—
Mike Stubbs,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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However, Netflix has rarely allowed users to revert, and doing so usually requires a workaround rather than an official means of doing so.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
Noun
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The result for Minnesota was a reversion to its harassing, hit-first defense.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
25 May 2025
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Even if asking for rights reversion becomes more prevalent, that perk would likely be reserved for the most exceptional filmmakers.—
Ryan Faughnder,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Players like Taveras and catcher Jonah Heim regressed.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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After the turn of the decade in 2020, a world that was once encouraged to expand its views on fatness regressed into shrinking itself, giving way to a community and plus-size fashion industry in rapid decline.—
Essence,
Essence,
12 May 2025
Noun
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Visa retrogression might become more of an issue for Indian and Chinese applicants who invest under the high-unemployment category due to its more limited availability.—
Sam Silverman,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Does the Senate really want to put in office a secretary with zero medical training, who believes in raw milk and not in the extraordinary benefits of vaccinations, without asking him about such retrogression?—
Arthur House,
Hartford Courant,
22 Nov. 2024
Verb
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The man soon returned, let the kids out, then took off.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2025
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Plus, what the backup plan was if [SPOILER] didn't return.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
27 May 2025
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“Backslide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backslide. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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