backward
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It’s time for federal investments in childcare to ensure we don’t take steps backward.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
Given that gentrification, almost by definition, transforms high-disorder areas into tidier ones, and given that the process appears to be continuing in New York and other cities, hasn’t Mr. Gottlieb got matters exactly backward?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
In this approach, chemists begin with the final molecule they want and work backward to figure out simpler starting materials and possible reaction routes.
From Science Daily • May 5, 2026
The perverse reality is that the court’s use of history in Callais couldn’t be more backward.
From Slate • May 5, 2026
She yanked me backward again, but this time it was to one of the abandoned computers.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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"The Tempest," Vocabulary from Acts 1 and 2
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