backdate
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The state, meanwhile, wants to backdate residence to Jan. 1.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 5, 2026
The commission has also accused Lee of helping Englander backdate checks to repay the businessman who comped the hotel rooms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2025
They accepted the deal in September after the company agreed to backdate the increase by an extra month.
From Reuters ● Dec. 23, 2022
The government already said three weeks ago that it aimed to backdate the measure to February.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 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
Resident doctors will get backdated pay to 1 April 2026, worth an average increase of 4.9% under the wider package, according to government.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 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
It felt like I was getting backdated karma for being a good person.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
As had been reported in The Wall Street Journal, many well-timed option awards weren’t the product of luck, but of a widespread practice known as backdating.
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
The report cited “improper backdating of records,” by county employees, even as more employees complained of being inadequately trained, overworked and pressured to rush or prematurely close complaint investigations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2023
The company had reviewed the ground rent and increased it based on inflation, backdating the extra for six years to 2017.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2023
