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Recent Examples of backslide
Lauren Kent, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
But since the start of August, the Tigers have gone 7-7 when The Opener hits the rubber — not necessarily winning baseball, but enough to avoid backsliding on the days Skubal can’t go.
—Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 4 Sep. 2024
But as the months fly by and the industry inches closer to its deadlines, many companies seem to be stagnating—or worse, backsliding.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Change is never easy, but legacy Fitbit users have been through enough this year, and Google can’t afford to backslide here.
—Quentyn Kennemer, The Verge, 5 Oct. 2024
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European nations are scrambling to increase ammunition production for Ukraine to prevent backsliding, in the event that US support drops off.
—Lauren Kent, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
But since the start of August, the Tigers have gone 7-7 when The Opener hits the rubber — not necessarily winning baseball, but enough to avoid backsliding on the days Skubal can’t go.
—Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 4 Sep. 2024
But as the months fly by and the industry inches closer to its deadlines, many companies seem to be stagnating—or worse, backsliding.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Change is never easy, but legacy Fitbit users have been through enough this year, and Google can’t afford to backslide here.
—Quentyn Kennemer, The Verge, 5 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backslide
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If your symptoms of anxiety do not improve, talk to your healthcare provider about getting professional treatments to reduce anxiety, decrease your risk of relapse, and improve your overall quality of life.Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
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Long-term management of eating disorders involves ongoing treatment to address any health complications and prevent relapse.Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 12 July 2024
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The Biden-Harris administration is set to allow the protections for Venezuelan migrants to lapse at the end of the month, the DHS confirmed to Newsweek in October.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Their life insurance policies also lapsed due to nonpayment.Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
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For example, historically, a site reliability engineer (SRE) would be unlikely to leverage application metrics to know if their Kernel update caused an application-level performance regression.Tom Wilkie, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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He’s described the measure as a dangerous regression to tough-on-crime policies of the past.Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
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In races with few polls, the polling average is reverted back toward the imputed average there based on polls in other states.G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2024
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After stirring up speculation over whether the look was a wig or not, the star quickly reverted back to her usual brunette locks.Catherine Santino, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
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Economists caution that a straightforward reversion to historical economic conditions is probably not realistic.Tobias Burns, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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Small-caps have significantly lagged their larger counterparts, creating a potential springboard for mean reversion.Robert Daugherty, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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After a very strong start to her campaign that included packed rallies and innervating stump speeches, Harris mostly regressed back to the ultimately unknowable candidate whom Democratic voters rejected back in 2019.Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
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What led to the Bears regressing so hard this week?Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 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
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Progressives de nos jours seem inordinately attached to retrogression.Kyle Smith, National Review, 8 June 2021
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday appointed Israel Katz as defence minister, who vowed to defeat Hezbollah so people displaced from northern Israel could return home.Reuters, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The band will be touring through Europe and the U.K. this fall and will return for more North American tour dates in the spring.Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Backslide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backslide. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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