variants
or less commonly backseat
1
: a seat in the back (as of an automobile)
2
: a secondary or inferior position
… the issues and concerns that have sometimes been given a back seat …—
Al Gore
see also take a back seat
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In the video, Shona—a Rhodesian ridgeback—sits in the back seat, letting out an intense yowl and staring fixedly out the window at something her owner couldn't see.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
Under the current vehicle code, children up to 8 years old must ride in the back seat.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025
In January 2022, at the end of a cross-country road trip with Elsa in the back seat, Mr. Friedman proposed to Ms. Cutler on a secluded beach in Malibu, Calif.
—Tammy Lagorce, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
The vehicle pulled over and Khodja got in the back seat and assaulted the woman, police told the outlet.
—Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2025
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David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
Under the current vehicle code, children up to 8 years old must ride in the back seat.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025
In January 2022, at the end of a cross-country road trip with Elsa in the back seat, Mr. Friedman proposed to Ms. Cutler on a secluded beach in Malibu, Calif.
—Tammy Lagorce, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
The vehicle pulled over and Khodja got in the back seat and assaulted the woman, police told the outlet.
—Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for back seat
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“Back seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20seat. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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