retrospection

Example Sentences

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"I don't know what that says, but I do think it is time for some introspection and retrospection about why this has occurred."

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

Those fans with rosy retrospection seem to expect a violent classic in every big night, forgetting about the countless megafights that have underdelivered over the decades.

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