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View definitions for backwards

backwards

adverb as in back; backward

adverb as in reverse to the usual way

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"The Y chromosome has many sections that repeat, and even some that are palindromes -- the same forwards and backwards. It makes it challenging to understand which genes are encoded there," Cothran explained.

Ukraine's surprise incursion into Russia's Kursk region is faltering as Russian troops have pushed Kyiv's offensive backwards.

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Russian troops have pushed Kyiv's offensive backwards.

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Duncan Cowles, who directs Silent Men, is the first to admit his own struggles to open up emotionally to those closest to him, joking that tackling the subject for the documentary was "like dragging myself backwards through a hedge".

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Still, Portugal found a way to execute via a big scrum under the Scottish posts that sent the hosts backwards.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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