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backward

[bak-werd] / ˈbæk wərd /




ADVERB
toward the rear
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Harbour falls backward laughing: “That’s my director, there! Takin’ care of me!”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

Is a life spent constantly looking backward instead of hurtling forward even worth grieving?

From Salon • May 30, 2026

Given that gentrification, almost by definition, transforms high-disorder areas into tidier ones, and given that the process appears to be continuing in New York and other cities, hasn’t Mr. Gottlieb got matters exactly backward?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

At the small train station the guard turned and left us without a backward glance.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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