backward
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For example, Arizona and Hawaii do not move their clocks forward or backward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Scientists gave that reversal a name: Eroom’s Law, Moore’s Law spelled backward.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Salt and Curran added 47 off 26 balls for the fifth wicket until Salt sliced the left-arm spin of Axar Patel to backward point.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Using the newly developed control protocols, researchers can suppress the usual emergence of the arrow of time or even reverse its apparent direction, making quantum processes look as though they are unfolding backward.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
The children inched backward, clotting near the river’s edge, their wide eyes fixed on the bushes.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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