as in to backtrack
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Recent Examples of backpedal
Russia will have to backpedal on its adversarial and hostile stance toward the U.S., and Putin’s apparently good relations with Trump could also make that far easier.
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Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2025
Namely, making a downhill defender have to turn on a dime and sprint uphill, backpedaling between wing and prayer.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2025
But Kennedy and Gabbard are obviously trying to backpedal just enough to get confirmed without any true change in their worldviews.
—The Editors, National Review, 31 Jan. 2025
Dozens of shareholders representing $266 billion in assets are calling on Walmart to spell out the business reasons for backpedaling on the retailer's diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 16 Jan. 2025
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Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2025
Namely, making a downhill defender have to turn on a dime and sprint uphill, backpedaling between wing and prayer.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2025
But Kennedy and Gabbard are obviously trying to backpedal just enough to get confirmed without any true change in their worldviews.
—The Editors, National Review, 31 Jan. 2025
Dozens of shareholders representing $266 billion in assets are calling on Walmart to spell out the business reasons for backpedaling on the retailer's diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backpedal
Verb
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Readers can backtrack to a specific choice and go in a different direction.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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In the early days of the second Trump administration, prominent donors like Mark Zuckerberg have enthusiastically backtracked on their own DEI policies.—
David Campbell,
The Conversation,
4 Mar. 2025
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Limits have been places on dissemination of scientific research on LGBTQ and gender topics, as CDC researchers have been ordered to retract any unpublished research containing terms such as gender, transgender or LGBTQ.—
Dr. Gary Spinner,
Hartford Courant,
4 Mar. 2025
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The school has retracted the public DEI statements of some programs, removed faculty diversity data, and revised a calendar of multicultural graduation events.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
2 Mar. 2025
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In 2007, the other girl recanted her allegations against Barriault, and the criminal charges were dropped.—
Emilia Otte,
Hartford Courant,
6 Mar. 2025
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Those platforms almost immediately recanted those moves, which in Twitter’s case had included temporarily locking the Post’s account.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PCMAG,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Backpedal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backpedal. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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