backdoor
Example Sentences
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“What they did was a backdoor move. They said, ‘we’ll just let everybody know we’re concerned,’ and that is enough to have stores kick you out.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026
In 2024, the Journal reported that Dubai’s main state-owned bank closed some accounts held by Russian oligarchs and oil traders after U.S. officials pressed the U.A.E. to shut Moscow’s backdoor to the international financial system.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
The mega backdoor Roth won’t make you richer immediately, but it will allow your contributions to grow tax-free and to be withdrawn tax-free in retirement.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 9, 2026
It was designed to prevent civil lawsuits from becoming backdoor appeals of criminal judgments.
From Slate • Jan. 8, 2026
The black hen left through the backdoor, and scratched abstractedly in the yard, where woodshavings blew about like blond curls.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
