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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.

From BBC

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

From BBC

“And I don‘t want to have to see us go backwards to remind ourselves that vaccines work.

From Salon

“We do not have four years to not do things, let alone go backwards,” said Ken Alex, director at the Center for Law Energy and Environment at UC Berkeley.

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

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