retrospect
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Only one really: In retrospect she wishes her husband hadn’t run for a second term.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
“In retrospect maybe they ought to have tightened a little sooner and a little more,” Binder said.
From MarketWatch • May 10, 2026
In retrospect, I should have waited six months to write bullishly on Roblox, but I still look at the company in the same way.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
He’s bemused in retrospect by the strange spectacle of a “little white boy in short trousers” frolicking with a Black man old enough to be his father.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Despite his first, the study of English literature seemed in retrospect an absorbing parlor game, and reading books and having opinions about them, the desirable adjunct to a civilized existence.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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