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backward

[bak-werd] / ˈbæk wərd /




ADVERB
toward the rear
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When the researchers used these older deposits rather than the younger Ediacaran Weng'an site as constraints, the estimated origin of animals moved backward by about 200 million years.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

The fearless teenager, who topped the IPL batting charts this year, smoked a whirlwind 38 off 21 balls with six fours and two enormous sixes before falling to a thick edge caught at backward point.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

But I see a world now that’s moving backward and not forward.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

Ogwumike, though, isn’t spending much time looking backward.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

I stumbled backward just as two techs and Professor Callaway vaulted onto my platform.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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