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retrospective

[re-truh-spek-tiv] / ˌrɛ trəˈspɛk tɪv /
ADJECTIVE
backward-looking
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ADJECTIVE
concerned with past
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Example Sentences

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There can be no retrospective action as VAR has effectively made it obsolete in the Premier League.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Researchers conducted a retrospective analysis using electronic health records.

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 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

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

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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