backdate

Example Sentences

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They may not backdate documents, pressure cognitively impaired clients, transfer funds to their own accounts or add themselves as joint owners without clear authorization.ves as a joint account owner without consent.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 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

The government already said three weeks ago that it aimed to backdate the measure to February.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 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 Roget, Peter Mark