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you'd better not back off on your promise to do all the planning for the big dance
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For that to work, plant cells actually oxidize a carbon back off, releasing carbon dioxide, in order to create a two-carbon source for building lipids.
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ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
And yet governments and corporations are now backing off on previous climate goals, and the planet's annual greenhouse gas emissions continue to climb.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
The district backed off from any moves that might be seen as undermining its magnet or selective enrollment programs.
—Mila Koumpilova, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2025
More stocks are down than up on the day, but big banks are too strong to permit the indexes to back off, along with a couple of Mag7 names and UnitedHealth Group.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
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ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
And yet governments and corporations are now backing off on previous climate goals, and the planet's annual greenhouse gas emissions continue to climb.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
The district backed off from any moves that might be seen as undermining its magnet or selective enrollment programs.
—Mila Koumpilova, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2025
More stocks are down than up on the day, but big banks are too strong to permit the indexes to back off, along with a couple of Mag7 names and UnitedHealth Group.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Back off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20off. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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