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backward

[bak-werd] / ˈbæk wərd /




ADVERB
toward the rear
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Harbour falls backward laughing: “That’s my director, there! Takin’ care of me!”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Other backward glances include “As You Lie There,” a fantasy about a teenage crush that never blossomed into a romance, and “Salesman Saint,” a paean to Mr. McCartney’s parents’ coping with life in postwar Liverpool.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

I didn’t want to work a service job after graduating because it felt like moving backward.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

In one, time flows forward; in the other, it flows backward from its mirror-reflected position.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

He closed his eyes and counted backward from ten, out of habit.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova




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