retrospective

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Samples from athletes are kept for 10 years to allow for retrospective testing when new techniques emerge.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

The retrospective, including several other works loaned from other countries, features paintings, sculptures and drawings.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

His bronze medal from the Sochi 2014 Olympics was only awarded five years later because of retrospective doping bans.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

Elaine Risley, an artist in Vancouver, returns to her hometown of Toronto, where a gallery is exhibiting a retrospective of her paintings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

It is important here to distinguish between teleological history—the notion that history has a purpose or goal—and retrospective history, which seeks to study history as a process of development.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton