backward
Example Sentences
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That proved critical because officials — after what seemed like an eternity — ruled that Darnold had thrown a backward pass and the ball was live when Charbonnet picked it up.
From Los Angeles Times
He called the change a "victory of common sense", through environmental groups criticised it as a step backward for the industry and public health.
From BBC
That information looks backward, but is expected to fill in the blanks on the status of the job market at a tumultuous time for workers.
“Warhead” undermines its own relevance by looking backward, focusing on examples from World War II and the early Cold War.
I feel wind and droplets, and—as a kid who lived through a pandemic—I recoil in horror, jumping backward into Jonesy.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
