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- noun A
technique for designingstabilizing controls for a specialrecursive class ofnonlinear dynamical systems . - noun geology A gradual
backward movement of anorganism caused by changes in the localenvironment .
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Examples
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Sure sounds like political backstepping to me ... this man is a disgrace to his profession.
Holder says no need to read Miranda rights to bin Laden if captured 2010
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From that point on he showed that if backstepping was an Olympic sport he would easily win the gold medal.
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All these people backstepping and apologizing for using the "R" word can't be trusted if they flake on their every word.
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It's on a crack, which is unfamiliar, and there us a lot of backstepping and laybacks and trusting your feet on opposition.
smile your little smile. take some tea with me awhile. matociquala 2008
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But after receiving “several hundred responses from users who are upset,” Tumblr founder David Karp is backstepping: The banned accounts have returned.
Tumblr Lifts Its Ban on Critical Blogs - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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This pretty well tells me (along with the continuing backstepping to revise history) that NEITHER party actually cares much about the troops.
Pentagon: Rudy Ad's Use Of Petraeus Image Done "Without His Consent" 2009
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This pretty well tells me (along with the continuing backstepping to revise history) that NEITHER party actually cares much about the troops.
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But after receiving “several hundred responses from users who are upset,” Tumblr founder David Karp is backstepping: The banned accounts have returned.
Tumblr Lifts Its Ban on Critical Blogs - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Yes, he plans on being in Iraq for 100 years but the Dems just appropriated $162B for him or whomever to do just that and Obama has been backstepping on his withdrawal plans bit by bit by bit ....
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"It got to the point when I wasn't willing to answer the questions about hormones, surgeries, or genitalia because it felt like backstepping," she told the handful of reporters, adding, "It wasn't a subject that needs any more exploitation; it needs clarification."
HuffPost Coverage: Alexis Arquette On Being Transgender 2008
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