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Recent Examples of backslide
Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 25 Nov. 2024
Corporate giants and some countries are backsliding on their climate commitments — a worrying sign in a year that otherwise saw hopeful growth in renewables, Al Gore and his investment colleagues say in a new report from Generation Investment Management.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 17 Sep. 2024
That warning and the new report both come amid fears the U.S. will backslide on its climate commitments and pull out of the Paris Agreement after Donald Trump takes office in January.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
That same month, Senegal reversed democratic backsliding with an opposition presidential victory by 44-year-old Bassirou Diomaye Faye, after two-term incumbent president Macky Sall failed to lift term limits.
—Larry Diamond, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
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Verb
Whereas our years-long love for the aesthetics of the 1990s just felt like nostalgia, the timing of the 2000s coming back post-election feels more like backsliding.
—Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 25 Nov. 2024
Corporate giants and some countries are backsliding on their climate commitments — a worrying sign in a year that otherwise saw hopeful growth in renewables, Al Gore and his investment colleagues say in a new report from Generation Investment Management.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 17 Sep. 2024
That warning and the new report both come amid fears the U.S. will backslide on its climate commitments and pull out of the Paris Agreement after Donald Trump takes office in January.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
That same month, Senegal reversed democratic backsliding with an opposition presidential victory by 44-year-old Bassirou Diomaye Faye, after two-term incumbent president Macky Sall failed to lift term limits.
—Larry Diamond, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backslide
Noun
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There have not been any serious signs of a relapse, but that is still a very young age to suffer such a serious setback.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
The Athletic,
2 Jan. 2025
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Biden and his family believe the attacks on Hunter were meant to push him into relapse, then imperil his presidency.—
Alex Thompson,
Axios,
2 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Cruise's option lapsed in 2004, leading DiCaprio to eventually purchase the rights to Larson's book himself in 2010.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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Given recent precedent, the fragility of Israel's ruling coalition and the yawning gap between the belligerents, this deal is just as likely to collapse, or simply to lapse, as to foster a longer-term peace.—
Max Rodenbeck,
TIME,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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But a sudden regression and a lack of leadership led to a quick firing after Year 2.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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In other words, leadership roles, functions, or opportunities go to leaders, not necessarily to people who run a regression analysis or build a building or analyze a spread sheet better than everyone else.—
Eli Amdur,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
Verb
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And the highest mountain in North America, now known as Denali, will revert back to Mount McKinley, its name until President Barack Obama changed it.—
Bill Barrow,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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If Congress doesn’t act—again, unlikely—the tax brackets in 2026 will revert back to those on the left.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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This trade setup is straightforward, utilizing just two technical signals to guide the trade: RSI (Relative Strength Index): RSI measures the strength of a trend and can also act as a mean reversion indicator.—
Nishant Pant,
CNBC,
7 Jan. 2025
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The year ahead promises continued invention, along with reversion to some older techniques and business models.—
Benjy Egel,
Sacramento Bee,
3 Jan. 2025
Verb
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That projection is based on the player’s performance in each metric over the last three seasons (five for goalies), weighted for recency where more recent seasons carry more significance and regressed to the mean.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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Khan fired coach Doug Pederson a day after the team’s regular-season finale and following his 18th loss in 23 games, a stunning stretch of futility that had a lot to do with injuries to quarterback Trevor Lawrence and a defense that regressed under first-year coordinator Ryan Nielsen.—
Mark Long,
Orlando Sentinel,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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
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In another 5-to-4 decision, Justice O’Connor wrote an opinion that would significantly alter the initial retrogression standard established in Beer v. United States.—
Nick Corasaniti,
New York Times,
21 Nov. 2023
Verb
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New Year's Eve On the morning of New Year’s Eve, people sweep the tombs of their ancestors and then return home.—
Jennifer Borresen,
USA TODAY,
27 Jan. 2025
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Palestinians who have spent over a year sheltering in overcrowded tent camps and makeshift schools are eager to return home, despite the likelihood that their houses have been damaged or destroyed.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Backslide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backslide. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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