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Recent Examples of backward-looking
But what investors will likely key on won’t be the backward-looking Q1 figures.
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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
The settlement has two major parts, one backward-looking and one forward-looking.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 7 Apr. 2025
That creates a different kind of nostalgia, one that’s both backward-looking and present-tense.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The settlement has two major parts, one backward-looking and one forward-looking.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 7 Apr. 2025
That creates a different kind of nostalgia, one that’s both backward-looking and present-tense.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
In my opinion, forward-looking data is just as important as, if not more important than, backward-looking data during some time periods.
—Chris Gunster, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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
The settlement has two major parts, one backward-looking and one forward-looking.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 7 Apr. 2025
That creates a different kind of nostalgia, one that’s both backward-looking and present-tense.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The settlement has two major parts, one backward-looking and one forward-looking.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 7 Apr. 2025
That creates a different kind of nostalgia, one that’s both backward-looking and present-tense.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
In my opinion, forward-looking data is just as important as, if not more important than, backward-looking data during some time periods.
—Chris Gunster, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for backward-looking
Adjective
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Dialing into other nostalgic, but popular music, the line has a show playing the hits of Queen, marrying a live rock band with orchestral and aerialist accompaniment in the Panorama Lounge.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 May 2025
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De Tomaso teased images of its creation last year, a $1.6 million hypercar, or supercar, with decidedly nostalgic looks that befit a marque whose peak was decades ago.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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Kirby is also the subject of a huge retrospective show running at the Skirball Center in Los Angeles, providing further evidence of his cultural reach.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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Watch Cruise's full BFI career retrospective above.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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Christine Sadler Christine Sadler, also known as, C.A. Sadlowski, talks about history with an introspective look at the lives of nursing students in the 1960s.—
Sixteen Ramos,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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The month began with an introspective first-quarter moon on May 4, bringing hidden emotions to the surface.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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What began as a philosophical debate escalated into a personal falling out.—
Stephan Lendi,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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This eccentric novel—by turns a workplace comedy, a philosophical inquisition, and a smorgasbord of bodily horror—is given life by Larraquy’s electric prose and by the merciless passions of his characters.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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Establishing a Data Academy which trained over 1,000 employees on data utilization, data literacy, and analytic tool upskilling during 2024.—
Randy Bean,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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Let the machines show us what can be done with analytic manipulation of the manifold.—
D. Graham Burnett,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Backward-looking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backward-looking. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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