How to Use report back in a Sentence

report back

phrasal verb
  • The department is supposed to report back to the board in a month on its progress.
    Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • These testers then reported back at the end of the month with their thoughts based on how the fans performed in the real world.
    Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2023
  • Eddie does have to spy and report back, but not to her mother.
    Jen Chaney, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Testers had a little over a month to wear the sandals and report back with their results.
    Cory Smith, Outside Online, 20 Dec. 2024
  • In the process, report back to donors on progress and potential roadblocks.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • See all the best beauty looks from the 2024 Met Gala below and keep reporting back here as the night goes on for more.
    Annie Blay, Allure, 6 May 2024
  • Paris and Kyle both report back to Ben that Dylan is annoyed.
    Emma Soren, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Kahan, 27, wasn't gone for long and reported back as promised.
    Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024
  • In a post on her story, Saskia Cort told followers to ask the men in their lives the question and report back.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Officials agreed to have EXOS track how often the public was using the pool and report back to the city.
    Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2023
  • The Garden has to report back to the Planning Commission within six months on its progress.
    Dana Rubinstein, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The artwork came with a request: Take the paper cutout version of him on adventures and report back.
    Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 May 2023
  • The department plans to report back to supervisors on ways to pay for the renovations by the end of June.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Loti’s software searches the web and reports back to the clients about these unauthorized images and sends takedown requests to the platforms.
    Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
  • The judge directed Murray to develop a new plan and to report back within 30 days.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
  • And on the latest episode of her talk show, J-Hud reported back to her audience about the whole experience.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 12 Dec. 2023
  • When Teddy, Owen and Amelia reported back to work, the rude awakenings began.
    Charlie Mason, TVLine, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Most of Louisville’s football team has reported back to campus and is set to begin summer workouts ahead of the 2023 season.
    Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 13 June 2023
  • About an hour later, the cousin reported back: A few of the injured children had been admitted, but not Milad.
    Nathan Thrall, Curbed, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Leaders then report back in a workshop with their findings, delving into themes that can help frame the purpose.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The two departments must report back to the White House every 90 days with recommendations on whether to restart the program.
    Sharon Bernstein, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The director later played the finished number for Ryan Gosling, who plays Ken, and reported back to Ronson.
    Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Her mother reports back that the little doctor asked the big doctor and that the question was acknowledged but went unanswered.
    Weike Wang, The Atlantic, 26 Oct. 2024
  • They were ordered to stay away from Union Station grounds and report back for preliminary hearings at the end of August.
    Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
  • Blumenfield asked city analysts for a report back on the staffing problems.
    Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
  • The county’s health and human services agency will meet with existing street medicine providers to discuss the idea and report back to the board with findings within 90 days.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The project was reported back in 2022 as being in development.
    Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The man was instructed to send reports back to his F.S.B. handler through unsent drafts of messages in a social-media account.
    Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Other officers were evaluated by paramedics at the site and deemed okay to report back for duty.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 25 July 2024
  • Trump directed his Interior and Commerce secretaries to report back on their efforts to implement the new policy by April 20.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025

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