backdate
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So now the Dodgers can only backdate Ohtani’s IL stint to Tuesday, rather than Sept. 3.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
The state, meanwhile, wants to backdate residence to Jan. 1.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 5, 2026
Last November their members, including guards and ticket office staff, voted to accept a pay offer including a backdate pay rise of 5% for 2022-23 as well as job security guarantees.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2024
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
But the government has been planning a change in the law for months, which would limit donations from Brits abroad to £100,000 each per year, backdated to 25 March this year.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 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
A five-year ban on holding public office has been reduced and backdated to March 2025, and the court said it now considered the penalty had already been served.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 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
Hemsley joined UnitedHealth in 1997 and became CEO in 2006 after his predecessor was ousted amid a stock-options backdating scandal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
The Ethics Commission has accused Lee and Englander of backdating the checks to Aug. 4 — before they were interviewed by the FBI.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2025
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
But Lord Carlile of Berriew, a crossbench - or non-party - peer who proposed the amendment, said backdating the powers would set a "dangerous precedent" and ministers had not produced evidence it was needed.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2023
