backdate
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Teams can backdate IL moves a maximum of three days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
They may not backdate documents, pressure cognitively impaired clients, transfer funds to their own accounts or add themselves as joint owners without clear authorization.ves as a joint account owner without consent.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 3, 2026
They accepted the deal in September after the company agreed to backdate the increase by an extra month.
From Reuters ● Dec. 23, 2022
Officials aim to backdate the start to Feb. 1; state governors are still pressing the federal government to find a way to make it valid for January too.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 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 Peter Mark Roget
EagleBank backdated the client’s loan payments to make it appear as though they were on time, the settlement says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
The 61-year-old's sentence was backdated to 25 May, when he was remanded in custody after pleading guilty.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
The Dodgers backdated the IL move to Monday, so Smith will be eligible to return June 19, when the Dodgers open a three-game home series against the Orioles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
This will also be backdated to cover March to the end of July and will support those who are impacted by hikes to green diesel, used mostly by farmers and agricultural contractors.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
It felt like I was getting backdated karma for being a good person.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
As had been reported in The Wall Street Journal, many well-timed option awards weren’t the product of luck, but of a widespread practice known as backdating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
By early 2015, months before Wired published its article, he was locked in disputes with the Australian tax office, which accused him of backdating documents and conducting “sham transactions,” court records show.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2024
In 1936, he opened the Jules Maes Saloon at 5919 Airport Way S., slyly backdating its founding to 1888.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
But Lord Carlile of Berriew, a crossbench - or non-party - peer who proposed the amendment, said backdating the powers would set a "dangerous precedent" and ministers had not produced evidence it was needed.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2023
Karatz, the former CEO of KB Home, was convicted in 2010 of lying about stock-option backdating and later sentenced to house arrest at his Bel-Air mansion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2023
