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
This prompted a separate case to challenge how far back a claimant could backdate access to a pension scheme at the European Court of Justice - and this was successful.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025
They accepted the deal in September after the company agreed to backdate the increase by an extra month.
From Reuters ● Dec. 23, 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
A five-year ban on holding public office has been reduced and backdated to March 2025, and the court said it now considered the penalty had already been served.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 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 sentences will be served consecutively and backdated to include the timeline from when McGovern was taken into custody in Dubai.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 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
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
Government sources said there would be no movement on this year's pay award but ministers are considering backdating the 2023-24 rise to January.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2023
