backward-looking
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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
He added that central banks’ reliance on backward-looking economic data meant they were likely “to dawdle, rather than hike.”
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
That view has flipped, the analyst says, with geopolitics now overshadowing backward-looking 1Q results, though he says singled-out “outsized surprises” are still possible.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 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
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