backdate
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Teams can backdate IL moves a maximum of three days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
The state, meanwhile, wants to backdate residence to Jan. 1.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 5, 2026
They accepted the deal in September after the company agreed to backdate the increase by an extra month.
From Reuters ● Dec. 23, 2022
Suppliers can also backdate these charges so it is not a guarantee.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2022
V. misdate, antedate, postdate, backdate, overdate†; anticipate; take no note of time, lose track of time; anachronize†.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
EagleBank backdated the client’s loan payments to make it appear as though they were on time, the settlement says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
The Dodgers backdated the IL move to Monday, so Smith will be eligible to return June 19, when the Dodgers open a three-game home series against the Orioles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
The ban, which was backdated to the third missed test in September 2024, concluded in March.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
In such cases, bans are typically backdated to the start of the provisional suspension, meaning his current return date would be around December 2028.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
It felt like I was getting backdated karma for being a good person.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
That simple comparison made backdating far more difficult to conceal, allowing investors to see whether grant dates had been chosen on days with low share prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
By early 2015, months before Wired published its article, he was locked in disputes with the Australian tax office, which accused him of backdating documents and conducting “sham transactions,” court records show.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2024
In 1936, he opened the Jules Maes Saloon at 5919 Airport Way S., slyly backdating its founding to 1888.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
Karatz, the former CEO of KB Home, was convicted in 2010 of lying about stock-option backdating and later sentenced to house arrest at his Bel-Air mansion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2023
Government sources said there would be no movement on this year's pay award but ministers are considering backdating the 2023-24 pay rise to January.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2023
