backdoor

Example Sentences

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Courts can no longer use unaffordable bail as a backdoor detention order.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

“That’s why the backdoor Roth works at any income level.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

“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

“They didn’t even fix the backdoor I used the other day,” she said in disbelief.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti