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noun

Definition of backslidenext
as in relapse

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backslide

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verb

as in to relapse

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Recent Examples of backslide
Verb
The president-elect’s own secretary of state designate, Marco Rubio, in the first Trump administration wrote to President Trump expressing his concerns about democratic erosion, backsliding and the relationship between the Hungarians and the Russians. — Lulu Garcia-Navarro, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025 By Angela Haupt January 6, 2025 11:33 AM EST The way people with disabilities are treated is backsliding in the U.S., advocates say. — Angela Haupt, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025 Now that the company is pulling back on DEI, there will likely be backsliding. — Nathan Bomey, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025 Without consistent progress, the risk of backsliding into higher unemployment and economic instability could increase, potentially undoing the gains made in recent years. — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for backslide
Recent Examples of Synonyms for backslide
  1. relapse
  2. lapse
  3. regression
  4. revert
  5. reversion
  6. regress
  7. retrogression
  8. return
Noun
  • The constant connection makes recovery extremely difficult, which is why relapse is so common.
    — Amanda Miller Littlejohn, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
  • The trial will also explore which strategies are most effective at avoiding relapse.
    — Moises Velasquez-Manoff Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Definition of relapse
Verb
  • The Treasury Department on Wednesday let lapse a 60-day exemption put in place by the Biden administration in January that allowed specific energy transactions involving sanctioned Russian banks to continue.
    — Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2025
  • However, the federal government is on the brink of a shutdown, with funding set to lapse this Friday if a new spending bill isn't approved.
    — Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of lapse
Noun
  • The original bail reform bill Cuomo signed in 2019 touched off New York City’s regression toward the bad old days when people feared to walk the streets or ride the subways.
    — Maud Maron, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
  • After a decade of regression, the club could finally look forward.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of regression
Verb
  • The group of charities are calling on the government to revert this evidence threshold, as well as cutting time limits for people to submit reconsideration and afford them better access to information and legal advice.
    — Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Catch up fast: If the House doesn't act, D.C. will have to revert back to the previous fiscal year's funding levels — a reduction that officials have warned would affect police, schools, and other departments.
    — Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of revert
Noun
  • Historical data suggests caution: Rising unemployment rates and a reversion of the yield curve often precede recessions.
    — Gene Goldman, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
  • One such stock is software play MongoDB (MDB) , which is currently presenting a classic, textbook mean reversion set-up with multiple confluence factors aligning.
    — Nishant Pant, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of reversion
Verb
  • The 6-foot-4 UCLA product has regressed athletically this season, but was an imperative, galvanizing force that helped take Boston over the championship hump last season.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Pitchers regressing is a concern with only four games scheduled in a week’s span, but there isn’t much the Cubs can do to combat that.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of regress
Noun
  • Visa retrogression might become more of an issue for Indian and Chinese applicants who invest under the high-unemployment category due to its more limited availability.
    — Sam Silverman, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Does the Senate really want to put in office a secretary with zero medical training, who believes in raw milk and not in the extraordinary benefits of vaccinations, without asking him about such retrogression?
    — Arthur House, Hartford Courant, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of retrogression
Verb
  • Both armies now use drones extensively, so returning bodies from the front lines is increasingly difficult – which is why Russia and Ukraine regularly exchange bodies.
    — Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Sanderson has been excellent since returning from the 4 Nations Face-Off with two goals and 11 points in 10 games.
    — Julian McKenzie, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
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