variants
or less commonly backseat
1
: a seat in the back (as of an automobile)
2
: a secondary or inferior position
… the issues and concerns that have sometimes been given a back seat …—
Al Gore
see also take a back seat
Al GoreExamples of back seat in a Sentence
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More than two hours after the crash, police said, the Texas Department of Public Safety, which is investigating the crash, found a man in the back seat of the patrol car.
—Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 25 June 2024
The occupant detection has sensors that can detect movements or heartbeats of occupants in the back seat and alert the driver.
—Ayesha Ali, ABC News, 25 June 2024
Nintendo feared injuries from someone wearing the console while accidentally walking down the stairs or from playing it in the back seat of a car.
—Benj Edwards and Jose Zagal, Ars Technica, 15 May 2024
Cooper died after sitting for about seven hours in the back seat of the Hyundai Tucson SUV outside his father's office in suburban Atlanta, where temperatures that day reached at least into the high 80s.
—CBS News, 18 June 2024
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Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 25 June 2024
The occupant detection has sensors that can detect movements or heartbeats of occupants in the back seat and alert the driver.
—Ayesha Ali, ABC News, 25 June 2024
Nintendo feared injuries from someone wearing the console while accidentally walking down the stairs or from playing it in the back seat of a car.
—Benj Edwards and Jose Zagal, Ars Technica, 15 May 2024
Cooper died after sitting for about seven hours in the back seat of the Hyundai Tucson SUV outside his father's office in suburban Atlanta, where temperatures that day reached at least into the high 80s.
—CBS News, 18 June 2024
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“Back seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20seat. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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