backwards
Example Sentences
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“It just happened to be backwards,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
You are very well-intentioned, but you’ve actually got the rules of survivor benefits backwards.
From MarketWatch
"He's brought in the drop shot a little bit, which is good to get the opponents moving forward to backwards, not just side to side."
From BBC
"There's no work, that's the problem. The people have stagnated and everything has gone backwards. The buildings have collapsed. Unemployment is sky-high," he says.
From BBC
The club is going backwards on so many fronts.
From BBC
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