variants
or less commonly backseat
1
: a seat in the back (as of an automobile)
2
: a secondary or inferior position
… the issues and concerns that have sometimes been given a back seat …—
Al Gore
see also take a back seat
Al GoreExamples of back seat in a Sentence
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An elderly woman was in the back seat of the car in front of me.
—Ariel Saramandi, The Dial, 29 July 2025
Before the crash, arrest reports say, Axel Padilla and his two teen teammates surprised a boyfriend and girlfriend in the back seat of a Hyundai Elantra parked at 1780 SW Fifth St. just before 2 a.m.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 28 July 2025
Screenshots from a July 12 TikTok video of a shelter dog appearing to cry in the back seat of the car after her day out with a volunteer.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
Video of the incident showed the child in the back seat of a car, with the engine running.
—Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 23 July 2025
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Ariel Saramandi, The Dial, 29 July 2025
Before the crash, arrest reports say, Axel Padilla and his two teen teammates surprised a boyfriend and girlfriend in the back seat of a Hyundai Elantra parked at 1780 SW Fifth St. just before 2 a.m.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 28 July 2025
Screenshots from a July 12 TikTok video of a shelter dog appearing to cry in the back seat of the car after her day out with a volunteer.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
Video of the incident showed the child in the back seat of a car, with the engine running.
—Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 23 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for back seat
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“Back seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20seat. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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