backward-looking

adjective

disapproving
: relating to the past : old-fashioned
backward-looking ideas/plans

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Iran is not a backward place, even if its current government is backward-looking and selfish. Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2025 That can be a challenge, especially in companies that grew up with quarterly closings and backward-looking metrics as the norm. Carlos Vega, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025 Sure, the results are backward-looking, but their forecasts and commentary factor in the latest information. Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 15 June 2025 Educate And Build Trust With Key Stakeholders Traditionally, performance has been measured using backward-looking datasets. Gladys Kong, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025 In time alone, for starters, the case is ancient in internet years and tragically backward-looking. David Doty, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025 But what investors will likely key on won’t be the backward-looking Q1 figures. Fred Imbert, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2025 Even in more normal times, Jim Cramer always preaches that hearing from management teams who provide real-time color on their industries can be more valuable than backward-looking economic data. Kevin Stankiewicz,matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2025 Though full of sharp observations about the world of movies and her own relationship to it, the piece is also conservative and nostalgic, with a backward-looking incuriosity regarding a younger generation’s way of relating to films. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2025

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