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Recent Examples of retroactive
Among the organization’s platforms are calls for a national retroactive ban on anonymous gamete donation.
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Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
For me, there was a retroactive archeological component, calling up those fault lines that may bring feelings to the surface, so that the character lands in a place where this reaction is conceivable.
—Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 18 Aug. 2025
Whatever the outcome, the overhaul of the PSLF program can’t be retroactive, said Betsy Mayotte, president of The Institute of Student Loan Advisors, a nonprofit that helps borrowers navigate the repayment of their debt.
—Annie Nova, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025
One of the arguments in the complaint is that the state can't use nitrogen to kill the convicts because Act 302 isn't retroactive, and they were sentenced to death by lethal injection, the only legal method at the time.
—Arkansas Online, 15 Aug. 2025
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Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
For me, there was a retroactive archeological component, calling up those fault lines that may bring feelings to the surface, so that the character lands in a place where this reaction is conceivable.
—Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 18 Aug. 2025
Whatever the outcome, the overhaul of the PSLF program can’t be retroactive, said Betsy Mayotte, president of The Institute of Student Loan Advisors, a nonprofit that helps borrowers navigate the repayment of their debt.
—Annie Nova, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025
One of the arguments in the complaint is that the state can't use nitrogen to kill the convicts because Act 302 isn't retroactive, and they were sentenced to death by lethal injection, the only legal method at the time.
—Arkansas Online, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retroactive
Adjective
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The swan, a clutch of new collaborations, a retrospective exhibition — and gold galore — take center stage as Swarovski kicks off its 130th anniversary celebrations this month.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
2 Sep. 2025
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Making a book and hosting a retrospective show led the conversation.—
Cam'ron Hardy,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Their complex capital structures require a different analytical framework than either traditional equity investments or simple cryptocurrency exposure.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
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Students could assemble data science skills with communication expertise, creating analytical storytellers for the modern economy.—
Trond Arne Undheim,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Enyedi has often made meditative cinema, but here her restraint in some sequences verges on suffocating.—
Leila Latif,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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Never through excess or ostentation, but through quiet discipline — a meditative expression of grace.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This doesn’t necessarily point to belief systems or doctrines, but rather the communal and reflective aspects of spirituality.—
Robert B. Tucker,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Examples include reflective tape, spinners, pinwheels, and old CDs.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
27 Aug. 2025
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Indeed, Devonté Hynes, on his fifth studio LP as Blood Orange, manages to make life’s contemplative moments seem urgent, celestial, and rehabilitative.—
Will Dukes,
Rolling Stone,
2 Sep. 2025
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This is where a contemplative approach to leadership is most valuable.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The video begins with Grint's pensive walk home from prison after serving time for stalking, and images of Sheeran flood his memory and sight.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Her pensive, probing Symphony in C-Sharp Minor had never been performed until the conductor Debora Waldman took it up and recorded it for Bru Zane.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Searching for a logical progression from The Office and like-minded comedies, so far The Paper has come up with a strange, often funny hybrid, with characters experiencing Parks and Rec idealism and Office-style fluorescent-light tedium simultaneously and sometimes incoherently.—
Jesse Hassenger,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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Without a body to put to rest, even when there is no other logical conclusion than death, people can imagine and cling to the most improbable of alternatives.—
Bjorn Dihle,
Outdoor Life,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Retroactive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retroactive. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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