backward
Example Sentences
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The other two look backward and can make a fund look better than it is when rates have been moving.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
The contemporary grocery aisle is full of labels, QR codes, lot numbers and assurances of transparency; nevertheless, the person pushing the cart is increasingly asked to perform the work of tracing the food backward herself.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
That could allow conservationists and law enforcement agencies to work backward from illegally traded material to the populations being targeted.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
It’s a tender, naked and amusing personal essay, grounded in the now while looking both backward and forward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
I had never seen my mother move backward so fast.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Vocabulary lists containing backward
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"The Tempest," Vocabulary from Acts 1 and 2
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