retrospect

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In retrospect, her remark, made on Feb. 11, has marked at least a local top, as Wall Street professionals would call it.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

But in retrospect, my relationship with that ring was superficial.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

"Please consult camera footage, journal notes, text messages, observations or conversations that in retrospect may hold significance. No detail is too small. It may be the key."

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

In retrospect, Phaedra may not have been cold.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

In retrospect, we made a comical pair of enforcers, a forty-something-year-old woman trailing an eleven-year- old boy.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore