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Recent Examples of backward-looking
First, reporting is too backward-looking.
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Anthony A. Luna, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
This backward-looking approach fails entirely against novel attack vectors like synthetic identity creation and deepfake social engineering.
—Ethan Stone, USA Today, 11 May 2026
That means by the time an indictment is returned, the factual narrative typically reflects a backward-looking account of conduct that may stretch over a decade.
—Andrew S. Boutros, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Goldman noted even on a backward-looking basis, valuation metrics have sunk to levels last seen in the aftermath of the early-2000s tech bust.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2026
Resume metrics are backward-looking and try to measure a team’s accomplishments.
—Jim Root, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
And the thing to do was just to tidy up the mess and move on with as little recrimination and backward-looking as possible.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2026
Yet, investors largely treated that adjustment as backward-looking.
—Benzinga, Freep.com, 14 Feb. 2026
For a form that takes aim at the issues of the present, the protest song in 2026 is curiously backward-looking.
—Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2026
Anthony A. Luna, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
This backward-looking approach fails entirely against novel attack vectors like synthetic identity creation and deepfake social engineering.
—Ethan Stone, USA Today, 11 May 2026
That means by the time an indictment is returned, the factual narrative typically reflects a backward-looking account of conduct that may stretch over a decade.
—Andrew S. Boutros, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Goldman noted even on a backward-looking basis, valuation metrics have sunk to levels last seen in the aftermath of the early-2000s tech bust.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2026
Resume metrics are backward-looking and try to measure a team’s accomplishments.
—Jim Root, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
And the thing to do was just to tidy up the mess and move on with as little recrimination and backward-looking as possible.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2026
Yet, investors largely treated that adjustment as backward-looking.
—Benzinga, Freep.com, 14 Feb. 2026
For a form that takes aim at the issues of the present, the protest song in 2026 is curiously backward-looking.
—Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for backward-looking
Adjective
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The phrase, which essentially means the nostalgic, often eerie space between realities, has become popularized with the release of Backrooms, the unprecedented $200 million+ box office hit directed by 20-year-old Kane Parsons (the best showing ever for an A24 film).—
Zoya Hasan,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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In 2024, Ariana shared a nostalgic video from her childhood to celebrate her 31st birthday, which featured a nod to her favorite singer.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
12 June 2026
Adjective
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But her demotion comes after Flores’ former employer, UT MD Anderson, a cancer center at the University of Texas, recently completed a retrospective review of a number of studies she co-authored.—
Christopher O'Donnell,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 June 2026
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Historically, reporting within many family offices focused primarily on retrospective financial updates.—
Paul Westall,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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Tatiana is the softer, sweeter, more introspective and rational of the Larina sisters.—
Lauren Warnecke,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2026
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However, this gradually fades as Rimbaud goes from an adventurous youth in London and Paris to a forward-thinking colonial envoy in Algeria decades later — a passage of time marked by theatrical lighting cues — and Draper’s performance turns inward, becoming meaningfully introspective.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
2 June 2026
Adjective
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The Founders’ commitment to democracy was based on a radical philosophical idea.—
Jeffrey Rosen,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2026
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Dennis’s new poems are still conversational, philosophical, sometimes preachy, and cranky, and there is a fresh kind of transcendence here, one that has almost forgotten about disappointment.—
Craig Morgan Teicher,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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The trustees’ projections also sharpen previous analytical alarms.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
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Webb’s approach might be eye-catching but some hopeful parents keep the whole process much more low-key and analytical.—
Angela Hatem,
Parents,
9 June 2026
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“Backward-looking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backward-looking. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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