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retrospection

[re-truh-spek-shuhn] / ˌrɛ trəˈspɛk ʃən /


NOUN
recollection
Synonyms
NOUN
recollection
Synonyms






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Jack Angelides, CEO of Maccabi Tel Aviv, told the BBC their fans being banned meant it was "time for some introspection and retrospection".

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

Rosy retrospection inflicts many people who closely watched the boxing greats of the 1960s, 1970s or 1980s.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2022

Nancy Rhine, a gerontologist and marriage and family therapist in Mill Valley, Calif., has helped about 40 older adults prepare for and process late-life rituals involving hours of retrospection and introspection, art and music.

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2022

All this retrospection led Phair to reunite with Brad Wood, the main producer of her first three, strongest albums, and the outcome, Soberish, was first slated for a spring 2020 release.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2021

I spent nearly a week in Mqhekezweni after the funeral and it was a time of retrospection and rediscovery.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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