retrograde

Example Sentences

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“This retrograde majority has inexplicably lashed out at children ideologically,” Schlein said.

From Washington Times

Granger describes the U.S.’s removal from Afghanistan as being more like a "retreat" than a "retrograde planning."

From Fox News

A spokesman for Britain’s Foreign Office urged Russia to “reconsider this retrograde step against an award-winning BBC journalist” and rejected the claim that Russian journalists faced discrimination in the U.K.

From New York Times

They were stubbornly called Tokyo 2020, a retrograde name that reminded everyone of the meandering path traveled to this point.

From New York Times

Once a Masonic temple, the museum had the retrograde decadence of a Parisian palace.

From Washington Post