backward-looking

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Advocates of originalism say this sort of backward-looking reasoning is the only way to prevent modern judges or legislatures from abridging individual rights ratified in the Constitution.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

For the LFI's Fourreau, the banquets are "backward-looking – a caricature".

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Whatever the case, GDP is backward-looking, and doesn’t tell us much about what is going on in the economy now.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

However the figures are less likely to influence markets due to their backward-looking nature.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

This backward-looking astronomer had been born in 1611, which perhaps explains his old-fashioned attitude, and christened Johann Höwelcke, but Latinized his name to Johannes Hevelius.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin