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Examples of retro in a Sentence
Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 21 Nov. 2023
In addition to the Magnum, P.I. icon, Pine also compared the shorts to retro sports uniforms.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2023
These adorable, kid-size sunglasses have a round shape that will add a retro flair to all their summer looks.
—Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2023
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—Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2023
Makes a person want to hunker down in some retro motel room and listen to the radio.
—Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023
Get The Recipe 19 of 50 Millionaire Pie Rich and creamy, colorful, and studded with cherries and nuts: old-time favorite Millionaire Pie (which was born in the South) looks like a retro Christmas ornament and tastes divine.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2023
His choice of time frame supplies some handy sociopolitical scaffolding (the Vietnam War), a few retro stylistic flourishes (an aggressive zoom lens, old-school MPAA and distributor logos, digitally applied scratch marks) and various homages to the questing, adventurous spirit of New Hollywood.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
While her retro aesthetic and effervescent personality have drawn more than a few Dolly comparisons, the material on her latest project leans more toward Gretchen Wilson’s tell-it-like-it-is compositions.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2023
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Word History
Adjective
French rétro, short for rétrospectif retrospective
Prefix
Latin, from retro, from re- + -tro (as in intro within) — more at intro-
Phrases Containing retro
Dictionary Entries Near retro
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“Retro.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retro. Accessed 7 Dec. 2023.
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retro
1 of 2 adjective
retro-
2 of 2 prefixPrefix
derived from Latin re- "back, again" and Latin -tro (the final part of intro "within")
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