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behind
adverb as in in a position further back; following
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adverb as in in debt; late
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backward, behind schedule, behind time, behindhand, belated, delayed, dilatory, have to play catch up, in arrears, overdue, sluggish, tardy
noun as in buttocks
preposition as in being the reason for
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at the bottom of, concerning the circumstances, initiating, instigating, responsible for
preposition as in in support
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Example Sentences
Women have fallen behind in the return-to-office push, reflecting the barriers they can still hit when juggling careers and families, even after decades of workplace gains.
Betting against it, or even just avoiding it, means lagging behind other investors and the benchmark, and risking being fired as clients abandon the underperforming fund.
The purpose behind this would be to encourage investment.
He takes credit for devising the strategy behind Thiel’s litigation that ultimately bankrupted Gawker Media.
Though the military presence has since mostly relocated farther north and behind barbed wire, a bizarre, lingering, nostalgic version of an older America persists there.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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