retrospective

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"Our retrospective study findings warrant further testing in larger populations, particularly in people before they show symptoms," Zaret said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026

MoMA’s show also nods to its own history with the power couple: Rivera received the museum’s second-ever retrospective in 1931, after Henri Matisse, and Kahlo entered the collection in 1943.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Normally on display at Paris's Musee d'Orsay it has been lent to Vienna's Leopold Museum for the retrospective.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

His bronze medal from the Sochi 2014 Olympics was only awarded five years later because of retrospective doping bans.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

I find it improbable, and ominous: first the retrospective, then the morgue.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood