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adjective satellite • tending to return to an earlier state • tending to be turned back | ||||||||
| 90% | 9 | Reverse course | ||||||
verb • retrace one's course | ||||||||
| 90% | 10 | A statistical concept that refers to the measure of the average relationship between two or more variables. | ||||||
noun • an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely • (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state • the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x) • returning to a former state | ||||||||
Backtracking Crossword Clue
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RETURNING which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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RETURNING
Updated: October 11, 2023
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