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Recent Examples of backslide
Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Venus, the planet of joy, art, and pleasure, is backsliding in Aries and Pisces from March 1st to April 12th.
—Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Embed social progress into their business models so that backsliding becomes impossible.
—Paul Klein, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Activists anxiously await air monitors, hope Chicago isn’t backsliding on pollution promises
Chicago is building what climate scientists say could be the country’s best system for monitoring tailpipe pollution from diesel trucks.
—Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Perhaps the most fearful metaphor in the Age of Trump is not collapse, erosion, or backsliding, but endless, spiraling repetition.
—Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Venus, the planet of joy, art, and pleasure, is backsliding in Aries and Pisces from March 1st to April 12th.
—Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Embed social progress into their business models so that backsliding becomes impossible.
—Paul Klein, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Activists anxiously await air monitors, hope Chicago isn’t backsliding on pollution promises
Chicago is building what climate scientists say could be the country’s best system for monitoring tailpipe pollution from diesel trucks.
—Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backslide
Noun
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The relapse rate for those in recovery is as high as 70 percent.—
Ethan Brooks,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2025
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His decision to be open about the relapse was in part thanks to Bradley Cooper.—
Julia Moore,
People.com,
17 Feb. 2025
Verb
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In 2024, his Idaho license temporarily lapsed, prompting questions about his status on the Central District Health board, the Sun previously reported.—
Kyle Pfannenstiel,
Idaho Statesman,
18 Apr. 2025
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Other contacts lapsed in late March, leaving the Seattle lab with zero janitorial staff and a skeleton crew of IT specialists.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This can show up as guilt-tripping, the silent treatment, love-bombing, gaslighting, coercion, criticizing, isolation, helplessness, and regression.—
Christina Pérez,
Vogue,
12 Apr. 2025
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But Wong has shown significant regression at the plate in the early going, with just one base hit and a pair of walks to go with six strikeouts in his first 21 plate appearances.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Adams started Bad Records a number of years ago as a home for his catalog, much of which has reverted back to him from Universal (which bought PolyGram, which had purchased his original label home, A&M).—
Melinda Newman,
Billboard,
23 Apr. 2025
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Upon a Time in Hollywood would revert from the studio to Tarantino 30 years after its theatrical release.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Iranians will no doubt continue to improve their missiles’ accuracy and performance, but today the missile program is perhaps less of a threat than Iran’s regional meddling or the reversion of its nuclear program back to the pre-JCPOA status quo.—
Richard Nephew,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Nov. 2017
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However, the stock is now beginning to show signs of mean reversion, suggesting a potential rebound may be underway.—
Nishant Pant,
CNBC,
25 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Instead of regressing to outdated ideals, organizations should focus on building leadership teams that reflect the diverse strengths needed for long-term success.—
Patricia Nagy,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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UConn entered this season ranked No. 3 in the AP Poll, but after losing four starters from last year’s team — including lottery picks Stephon Castle and Donovan Clingan — the Huskies regressed.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
23 Mar. 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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Ebrard, who is sixty-five, with a fringe of graying hair, had just returned from his fifth trip to Washington in a little more than a month.—
Stephania Taladrid,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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One of those jets may also return as soon as this week, CBS News has confirmed.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Backslide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backslide. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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