backward
Example Sentences
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He called the change a "victory of common sense", through environmental groups criticised it as a step backward for the industry and public health.
From BBC
That information looks backward, but is expected to fill in the blanks on the status of the job market at a tumultuous time for workers.
“Warhead” undermines its own relevance by looking backward, focusing on examples from World War II and the early Cold War.
I feel wind and droplets, and—as a kid who lived through a pandemic—I recoil in horror, jumping backward into Jonesy.
From Literature
Simply put, you can’t go forward and backward at the same time.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
