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backward

[bak-werd] / ˈbæk wərd /




ADVERB
toward the rear
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Like a traffic jam, even a small blockage in a single sea lane can snarl backward long after the wreckage clears.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

All of those things were happening, but we have taken a few steps backward.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

“I think we are just going to move backward before we go forward,” Katelyn Jetelina, an epidemiologist and author of the newsletter Your Local Epidemiologist, told Salon.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

Thanks to Hubble's high resolution, scientists were able to trace the fragments backward to their original state as a single object.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

I lurched backward, black spots blooming in my vision as he attempted to pry the cuff off his arm.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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