retroactive

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Recent Examples of retroactive Aguirre’s new contract and appointment are retroactive to June 10 and is for a one-year term. Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 24 June 2025 There is confusion regarding who has been affected by the change and whether retroactive Social Security benefits are due to them. Elliot Raphaelson, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2025 These cases require additional time to manually update the records and pay both retroactive benefits and the new benefits amount. Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 4 June 2025 Those cases require additional time to manually update records to process both the retroactive and new benefits. Lorie Konish, CNBC, 4 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for retroactive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for retroactive
Adjective
  • For OEMs competing in the connected device market, an IoT retrospective uncovers patterns in progress that still influence today's challenges, especially concerning securing, managing and updating connected devices at scale.
    Thomas Ryd, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Amid deluges of art generated by artificial intelligence and bananas taped on walls, contemporary viewers may find guidance at a major retrospective exhibition of Duchamp’s works next year.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • Newell also might be underrated given his lack of electrifying highlights; analytic models view the southpaw more favorably than the eye test.
    Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 26 June 2025
  • This screen grab shows a dashboard of analytic insights from Mindbody.
    Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
Adjective
  • Known for her work that celebrates female forms through earthy textures, Wu believes that the meditative art of ceramics can only be fully appreciated in quietude.
    Denni Hu, Footwear News, 27 June 2025
  • Her exercises, lifted from decades of performance scores, are designed to turn ordinary acts into meditative rituals.
    Ellen O'Connell Whittet June 25, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • Trump’s recent attitude toward TV news is reflective of that of the rest of the country, though millions are still watching Fox News.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • Xi was tougher than most, but his behavior was still reflective of the context of the times.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • Released in March, the 14-track project does sound simultaneously disorderly and controlled, at once bursting at the seams and laced with moments of contemplative chill.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 3 July 2025
  • This immensely slow-moving and contemplative energy joins us into Leo season, which starts when the sun enters this confident fire sign on July 22.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 July 2025
Adjective
  • The show ran for two seasons. 07 of 18 Sean Penn and Hopper Penn Sean Penn and Robin Wright's son, Hopper — pictured here with sister Dylan — shares his father's pensive stare and has opened up about his no-nonsense parenting style while growing up.
    Lydia Price, People.com, 11 June 2025
  • His subtle direction also basks in critical moments of silence: a smoke break outside the classroom, the frustrated focus during an exam, and the pensive, haunting opening and closing image of Marjan looking out through semi-transparent curtains.
    Christian Lewis, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Greater Robustness And Reliability: Better equipped to handle out-of-distribution data and novel scenarios safely and reliably by incorporating safety parameters, constraints and logical invariants.
    Anuradha Weeraman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Taking this approach minimizes the frustration of figuring out where to store something and ensures everything has a logical place in your home.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2025

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“Retroactive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retroactive. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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