How to Use pushback in a Sentence

pushback

noun
  • And then that was also part of the part of the pushback on it.
    Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 28 Oct. 2022
  • But the more advanced the filters get, the more intense the pushback.
    Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Hence, the jerks are able to reign without much pushback.
    Brian Hamilton, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2024
  • But that has done little to blunt the left-wing pushback.
    Adam Shaw, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2023
  • And there has been little in the way of public pushback.
    Matt Alt, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2023
  • But each step Newsom takes receives pushback from the right and the left.
    Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
  • And frankly, there was great pushback from allies around the world.
    WIRED, 16 Mar. 2023
  • But if the Kings are to take this to the limit, Byfield must play a role in their pushback.
    Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2023
  • How did you get drawn into the pushback against these fish farms?
    Allison Hussey, Pitchfork, 5 Nov. 2023
  • The pushback over the name of the Cleveland Indians and, and, and Chief Wahoo.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 2 Feb. 2023
  • There were concerns about that, and there was pushback about that.
    Will Bedingfield, WIRED, 17 Nov. 2022
  • There was some light pushback about that, to be candid.
    Amel Mukhtar, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Heretic has gotten a lot of pushback from the Mormon church.
    Claire Carusillo, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
  • There has been a pushback against gay and trans rights in other parts of Europe, too.
    Reuters, NBC News, 24 July 2023
  • The pushback to the statement came in large part from Taylor Swift’s fanbase.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2024
  • But the fallout could open the door to further pushback, observers said.
    Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2023
  • There was little to no pushback at the idea that 15 weeks was too extreme to support.
    Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 16 May 2023
  • Each pair is the sign of the Zodiac and can be made in gold, rose gold, and silver with a pushback closure.
    L. Daniela Alvarez, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Those two things came together in a way that felt right to all of the creative folks on the show, and there wasn’t much pushback.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
  • At the same time, the pushback on ESG is real and reflects in part a maturation of the sector.
    Rob Kaplan, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Such pushback has not changed the minds of the board members championing the policy, though.
    Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 19 July 2024
  • The pushback the from rank and file was immediate, and immense....
    BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
  • But the bill stalled amid heavy pushback from law enforcement agencies.
    Laurel Rosenhall, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
  • But even hybrid work has received pushback from the tech sector.
    Beth Greenfield, Fortune, 29 June 2024
  • Much of the pushback against the IRA has centered on the adverse impacts that the law will have on new drug innovations, and rightly so.
    Wayne Winegarden, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • Despite some pushback, there is no denying the impact that the language has had on the brand’s perception.
    Ellie Stevens, CNN, 27 Aug. 2023
  • TikTok has continued to face legislative pushback, and some states have moved to ban the app.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2023
  • So Governor Kemp signed the sweeping voter law in 2021, about three years ago, during the height of all the pushback in Georgia.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Koeltl asked Gratz as a tense pushback to IA’s stance that this particular case is just about a library’s right to loan out books.
    Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2023
  • With the disease often misunderstood and widely feared, there was pushback against his early hopes of rekindling his career.
    Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 7 Nov. 2024

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