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backward

[bak-werd] / ˈbæk wərd /




ADVERB
toward the rear
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I didn’t want to work a service job after graduating because it felt like moving backward.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

Is a life spent constantly looking backward instead of hurtling forward even worth grieving?

From Salon • May 30, 2026

In one, time flows forward; in the other, it flows backward from its mirror-reflected position.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Extrapolating backward in time, Lemaître proposed the idea of a primeval atom: a singularity from which the universe emerged in a uniquely hot, dense state.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

She yanked me backward again, but this time it was to one of the abandoned computers.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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