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Recent Examples of backslide
Samantha Masunaga,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2026
Kleber Mendonça Filho, winner of Best Non-English Language Feature for political thriller The Secret Agent, has talked about his native Brazil recent backslide, and return, to democracy.
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Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
11 Jan. 2026
Julius Cesar Trajano,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
The new mayor promised to bridge the divide between the Bay Area’s business community and its working class in a lasting fashion, but now, some business leaders fear the city is backsliding.
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Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Pankiw’s efforts come as Hollywood has seen a further backslide in women’s employment.
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Samantha Masunaga,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2026
Kleber Mendonça Filho, winner of Best Non-English Language Feature for political thriller The Secret Agent, has talked about his native Brazil recent backslide, and return, to democracy.
—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
11 Jan. 2026
Verb
This looks like backsliding for a region that was already struggling to meet its emissions targets.
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Julius Cesar Trajano,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
The new mayor promised to bridge the divide between the Bay Area’s business community and its working class in a lasting fashion, but now, some business leaders fear the city is backsliding.
—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backslide
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Individuals with weak immune systems are at higher risk for prolonged illness and relapses of symptoms.
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The news agency didn't give a cause of death, but said the 70-year-old Lam had a cancer relapse last year and was admitted to MacKay Memorial Hospital in Taipei on Tuesday.
Verb
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Is gas still moving through the Tabriz-Ankara corridor at material volumes in mid-July, after the contract lapses?
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Since his status lapsed, Ortega started a GoFundMe in case his renewal doesn’t come in time for the new semester.
Noun
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Economic progress slows when that guarantee is taken away, as Hong Kong has witnessed in its sad regression from the promises of an independent judiciary made in 1997.
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Every new line affects future releases, security reviews, onboarding, documentation, regression testing, infrastructure cost and customer support.
Verb
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The effect hasn’t mean-reverted.
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These returns do not revert in subsequent trading days and are orders of magnitude larger than those outside the 24-hour pre-FOMC window.
Noun
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The tradwife trend is controversial in that it is seen by some as a rejection of feminism and a reversion to a seemingly simpler time.
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No photos have been revealed yet for next year’s release, but the reversion to the name Super Freak suggests the original details should return as well.
Verb
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Brett Baty, Mark Vientos and Francisco Alvarez, the trio of once-top prospects, seem to have regressed.
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Anagen is followed by a brief transitional phase called catagen, during which the follicle regresses and severs its connection to its blood supply.
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This book is all about the fight to stem the tide of retrogression.
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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.
Verb
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Season 42 continues on Monday with Caleb Groen returning as champion to face two new challengers.
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In 2023 and 2024, Moreno rebuffed trade offers for Shohei Ohtani that could have returned the likes of Junior Caminero or Jackson Merrill.
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“Backslide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backslide. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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