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Recent Examples of backward-looking
For an industry where measurement has traditionally been backward-looking, this real-time capability marks a meaningful change.
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Kiri Masters, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The backward-looking inquiries are taking place even as the Republican administration’s national security agencies are confronting global threats.
—Eric Tucker, Chicago Tribune, 22 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
Sure, the results are backward-looking, but their forecasts and commentary factor in the latest information.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 15 June 2025
Kiri Masters, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The backward-looking inquiries are taking place even as the Republican administration’s national security agencies are confronting global threats.
—Eric Tucker, Chicago Tribune, 22 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
Sure, the results are backward-looking, but their forecasts and commentary factor in the latest information.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 15 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for backward-looking
Adjective
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This return to tradition isn’t simply nostalgic.—
Sophie Flaxman,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Sep. 2025
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Period-appropriate musical elements will help establish the nostalgic atmosphere.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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With a new Schiaparelli retrospective bowing at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum next year, his creations are sure to remain in the spotlight.—
WWD Staff,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Come for the drinks, stay for the retrospective photo exhibit, in collaboration with the TIFF Film Reference Library.—
Kate Dingwall,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Events of this summer require all parties to be introspective.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Where the first and second used the murder-mystery as a jumping-off point for some very funny contemporary satire, Wake Up Dead Man is much more introspective.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This focus is not the result of a philosophical bug that’s somehow spread to the brains of city managers everywhere.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Sep. 2025
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This quiz invites you to journey through the golden age of literary sci-fi, where philosophical depth meets speculative wonder.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Her ancestor’s analytic model discouraged self-revelation by the therapist, but Freud often meets her guests’ excavations of desire and vulnerability with her own candid recollections.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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That led us to over-invest in analytical capabilities and outsource data-base management.—
George Bradt,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Backward-looking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backward-looking. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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