How to Use back to front in a Sentence
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Work the rest of the hide off of the animal from back to front.
—Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 6 Feb. 2023
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The right side of this green can have some pretty good speed back to front.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2023
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Thread the black elastic strip through the hole from back to front and again to the back, making a front loop.
—Heidi Palkovic, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2021
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From back to front, depth wise, and a very heavy-laden senior team.
—Alex Chenevey, The Arizona Republic, 26 Feb. 2023
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The green stretches about 30 yards wide and is tilted back to front.
—Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 30 May 2023
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And with a green that slopes sharply from back to front, there’s nothing good that comes from an approach shot that’s too long.
—Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 June 2021
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Bake for 20 to 22 minutes, switching the position of the baking sheet from back to front, or until the centers are just firm to the touch.
—Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2022
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From the entrance, a nearly 15-foot-wide foyer merges with a hall, extending the sightline from back to front.
—John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023
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Most airlines use something called block boarding, which means boarding front to back or back to front.
—Harry Enten, CNN, 9 July 2022
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Among the major suggestions are requiring masks and boarding the bus from back to front.
—Valerie Bauerlein, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2020
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Delta is no longer blocking middle seats on its planes, and no longer boarding planes from back to front to minimize crowding in the aisles.
—Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc, 16 Nov. 2021
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First some grit, then some finesse, and the Bruins on Monday night muscled their way right back to front and center in their first-round series with the Capitals.
—BostonGlobe.com, 18 May 2021
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The checklist includes mask-wearing, boarding the school bus from back to front, and a questioning process to ensure all riders' safety.
—Julia Musto, Fox News, 7 Sep. 2020
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The bus will be loaded back to front, with the first rider taking the seat at the back and then unloaded starting at the front, to minimize students passing each other down the aisle.
—Leslie Postal, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Aug. 2020
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Bake them for 20 minutes, rotating the sheets from back to front halfway through baking, or until the rectangles are golden brown.
—BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2021
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Students are asked to try and maintain social distancing at bus stops and when loading and unloading the bus, with the district asking students to load from back to front and get off the bus from front to back.
—Jon Arnold, Dallas News, 1 Sep. 2020
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Because each brand lists dimensions differently, note that in this context, length refers to how long the keyboard is from left to right, width refers to its length from back to front, and height refers to the keyboard’s thickness.
—Sascha Brodsky, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2023
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Courtesy of Steffen, arXiv are created equal—simply boarding the plane back to front would be the easiest and most efficient method, right?
—Joseph Castro, Discover Magazine, 30 Aug. 2011
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But Stingley could simply be too gifted to pass up, especially for a team that built its defense back to front during its heyday.
—Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2022
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Masks will still be required on board, and other cleaning and social distancing measures like boarding from back to front and deplaning in small groups will still be in effect.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2020
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Walker, Hill, Brisker and even Clark can immediately solidify the defense from back to front.
—Baltimore Sun, 20 Apr. 2022
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Working back to front, the largest compartment can hold bigger items (like a tablet up to 10 inches long) in a handy slip pocket and the middle compartment is best for medium-sized items like a wallet, deodorant, or charger.
—Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2023
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Earlier proning — the process of turning patients from back to front and vice-versa to better fight the effects of lung inflammation — has also allowed more sparing use of breathing machines.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2020
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In early March, JetBlue stopped boarding passengers from back to front and resumed its traditional boarding procedures by groups.
—Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2021
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In addition to the identity move, which applies when the mattress is left in its original position, a person can move the mattress by rotating it top to bottom, flipping back to front or performing both moves in sequence.
—Emily Riehl, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2021
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While the airline is no longer boarding back to front to help with social distancing, United does allow passengers to upload their vaccination results to its mobile app or site through its Travel-Ready Center.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2021
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The airline previously announced measures such as boarding all flights from back to front to help with distancing, disinfecting all cabins with electrostatic sprayers, and waiving change fees for all new bookings made through June 30.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2020
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