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backward

[bak-werd] / ˈbæk wərd /




ADVERB
toward the rear
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This time, the outfits were cool and more presentable: loose jeans, backward caps.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

All of those things were happening, but we have taken a few steps backward.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

“I think we are just going to move backward before we go forward,” Katelyn Jetelina, an epidemiologist and author of the newsletter Your Local Epidemiologist, told Salon.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

On Sunday they set a Big Ten tournament record with 34 assists on 40 baskets, the highlight being an over-the-head backward pass from Angela Dugalic to Kiki Rice in the fourth quarter.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026

Their trees bumped the redwood’s roots, bounced backward, bumped again.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret




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