backdate
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Teams can backdate IL moves by up to three days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 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
Payments can only be backdated for three months, meaning some families could be missing out on hundreds of pounds in the fog of new parenthood.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
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
Resident doctors will get backdated pay to 1 April 2026, worth an average increase of 4.9% under the wider package, according to government.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 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
It felt like I was getting backdated karma for being a good person.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
As had been reported in The Wall Street Journal, many well-timed option awards weren’t the product of luck, but of a widespread practice known as backdating.
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
One option being explored by Health Secretary Steve Barclay is backdating the 2023-24 rise to January.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2023
