retrospect

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I understand that someone passed out and needed medical attention, and in retrospect I'm surprised it was only one.

From BBC

If warnings of an artificial-intelligence bubble turn out to be true, Danoff’s retirement may look, in retrospect, like a final act of market prescience.

From Barron's

In retrospect, it’s easy why pundits have pegged this conference as the high water mark for Moms for Liberty’s influence.

From Salon

The current hearing largely focuses on one paragraph in the 2022 settlement that defines — in retrospect, poorly — seven metrics of progress the city must report to the court quarterly.

From Los Angeles Times

His films typically did not concern themselves with the plots of individual lives, which in reality are revealed in retrospect, if at all.

From Los Angeles Times