retrospect
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In retrospect, his decision to largely avoid winking at the audience was a disaster.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
In retrospect it was absurd, yet all summer we believed it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
In retrospect, though, this was always Muncy’s destiny.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
In retrospect, though, the president’s post was likely part of the gambit, helping him slip away aboard an entirely different plane.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
The story of the machinations employed to enable the Fischer–Karpov World Championship match to take place are enough to fill a separate book—and have!—but the details are hardly dramatic in retrospect.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Vocabulary lists containing retrospect
Wonder
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Common Senses: Spec, Spect, Spic ("Look")
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To All the Boys I've Loved Before
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