retrospect

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In retrospect, those difficult weeks offered a preview of what would happen in Minneapolis just a few weeks later.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

“It was one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever had to make,” Jordan says, but in retrospect the right one.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

The ambitious stock-market target put in place by South Korea’s new president last summer is in retrospect looking too cautious.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026

In retrospect I have to think it was the kind of connection that makes people decide to phone each other at the same instant after fifty years of not talking.

From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff