back nine
Americannoun
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Jack Nicklaus began working on his memoir in the early 1980s, as his playing career began to show signs of being on its back nine.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
His native Hamburg is less than 150 miles away and his mother traces her lineage on Amrum back nine generations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
The model is trained on satellite images — which go back nine years — along with past weather data.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
One would have to go back nine months to witness the last time this stock fell in consecutive weeks.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
HP and Texas Instruments had their of fices on the back nine, along the tenth hole.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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