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The phrase "a backsliding" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where someone or something is regressing or returning to a previous, less advanced state, often in a moral or behavioral context.
Example: "The recent changes in policy have led to a backsliding in the progress we made last year."
Alternatives: "a regression" or "a relapse".
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Since then, Vladislavic has witnessed a backsliding toward a more racialized and rancorous politics.
$10bn over four years for the GCF is actually a backsliding of efforts," said Raman.
This one, however, is on Columbia – a backsliding of sorts, since Reznor vowed in 2007 to release material independently.
One method of punishing a backsliding country would be for the central bank to let that government's borrowing costs rise again.
"It would also greatly diminish the chances of a backsliding of support for terrorism, so we are greatly in favour of such a move".
The two most recent presidents, a backsliding Baptist and a cowboy rancher, have both known how to use the confessional story.
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A Backslide for Workers Yvonne and Brian Meece have been jobless for the better part of two years.
My parents were ashamed of Brooklyn and remained fearful that a backslide would carry them back there.
Since Lerner's departure, Curitiba has begun a backslide that threatens its status as the singular case of enlightened planning.
But of course the UK, blinded by the paternalistic mists of postcolonial guilt, would worry about a backslide.
But mixed with optimism is fear of a backslide, as democracy and free markets struggle to take root.
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