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backward

[bak-werd] / ˈbæk wərd /




ADVERB
toward the rear
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All this gazing backward is enabled by the widespread use of streaming.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

I didn’t want to work a service job after graduating because it felt like moving backward.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

The movie works backward from a famous 1961 Eisenhower quip to JFK that attributed his success in Normandy, France, to the Allies having “better meteorologists than the Germans.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

It’s time for federal investments in childcare to ensure we don’t take steps backward.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

I step backward on the stoop, hand involuntarily moving to my heart.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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