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[bak] / bæk /


ADJECTIVE
from earlier time
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Back then, federal taxes were 20% of GDP, compared to just 17.3% today.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Back home, Pulte’s circle included another Coe disciple, a Michigan business leader named Mike Timmis, who facilitated Fellowship mission work known as Cornerstone Development in Uganda.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Back then, expectations for the host team were low.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Back then, markets expected the Fed to cut rates as many as three times this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Back in Tante Jans’s rooms, we considered this news in consternation.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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