backwards

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Bank earnings are as much an art as a science, and to estimate loan-loss provisions a firm has to come up with a worst-case scenario and work backwards from there.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

Significantly, Sabotage was the first song she wrote for the record, before working backwards to the more romantic moments.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

The new CEO faced a stinging rebuke from shareholders last week at the annual general meeting where they largely rejected two board proposals as a step backwards on transparency, particularly concerning climate strategy.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

“If you dove off a skyscraper backwards, that’s what it felt like for five seconds,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

He hadn’t taken over three steps when all at once he fell over backwards.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls