backward and forward

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Language, which evolved within the past 200,000 years, endowed our species with the ability to plan for the future and reflect on the past, thus extending our selves backward and forward in time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

In the book he emphasizes that the readiness is all, learning his lines backward and forward before the first rehearsal.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2025

In the Scientific Reports study, the scientists designed various tasks to assess the participants’ ability to produce words backward and forward.

From Scientific American • Oct. 12, 2023

"Kinross is also really bad for taxis, so we're providing another service that get people backward and forward - it's provided a social element to a small village."

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2023

He began to fall just as they were above it, clutched it with his furry feet at the last moment, swayed backward and forward twice, and found that he had landed successfully.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White