backdate

Example Sentences

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The state, meanwhile, wants to backdate residence to Jan. 1.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

This prompted a separate case to challenge how far back a claimant could backdate access to a pension scheme at the European Court of Justice - and this was successful.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2025

They accepted the deal in September after the company agreed to backdate the increase by an extra month.

From Reuters • Dec. 23, 2022

The government already said three weeks ago that it aimed to backdate the measure to February.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2022

V. misdate, antedate, postdate, backdate, overdate†; anticipate; take no note of time, lose track of time; anachronize†.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark