backward-looking
adjective
disapproving
: relating to the past : old-fashioned
backward-looking ideas/plans
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The backward-looking mode involves starting with 2040 as the deadline for AGI and then working back from that achievement on a year-by-year basis to arrive at the year 2025 (matching AI presently).
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
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
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
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
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“Backward-looking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/backward-looking. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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