retrospective
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Its retrospective review concluded Pele would have claimed the award after inspiring Brazil to their first World Cup triumph at the age of 17.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
This retrospective tracks the early years of the highly scrutinized pair’s relationship, the fallout from their royal exit, their media ventures and more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
The government is looking at strengthening national planning policy on "intentional unauthorised development", particularly for retrospective planning applications.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Toward the end of “Tracey Emin: A Second Life,” a career-spanning retrospective of the influential—and once-controversial—British artist, hangs a neon sign from 2010 that reads: “I whisper to My Past Do I have Another Choice.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
It is important here to distinguish between teleological history—the notion that history has a purpose or goal—and retrospective history, which seeks to study history as a process of development.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
“Confessions II” features intimate retrospectives of Madonna’s career and personal life — rare, clear-eyed visits to the past from an artist who has always preferred to keep her eyes on the future.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
As exhibitions, books and retrospectives built his renown, Hockney increasingly relied on travel—to Paris and elsewhere—so he could work undisturbed before friends and others crowded his schedule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Regardless of the inspiration these repertory theaters provide with, say, retrospectives of Akira Kurosawa, the model is not bulletproof to the punches theaters have taken.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2025
Their December lineup includes a spotlight on Parker Posey; retrospectives dedicated to Yasujiro Ozu and Ousmane Sembène; and some holiday noir, MGM musicals and “Hitchcock for the Holidays.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
Manfred Thierry Mugler, the boundary-pushing French couturier whose glamazons and fembots helped define fashion in the 1980s and ’90s and who died earlier this year, famously hated retrospectives.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
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