as in review
a usually critical look at a past event
in retrospect, we should have saved more money for college
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Recent Examples of retrospect
In retrospect, the captain’s refusal to accept a roughly 50% cut in annual salary had disrupted the team’s planned makeover, but BriseBois had improvised and come up with an even stronger plan.
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John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2025
There is no doubt that Müller gave everything, but in retrospect, the Bayern boss will have to answer the uncomfortable question of whether starting the 2014 World Cup winner was the right choice in the first place.
—Manuel Veth, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
In retrospect, that was Tran’s favorite part of the audition process.
—James Factora, Them., 16 Apr. 2025
In retrospect, there was a clarity to the Great Recession that is missing from our current moment.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2025
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John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2025
There is no doubt that Müller gave everything, but in retrospect, the Bayern boss will have to answer the uncomfortable question of whether starting the 2014 World Cup winner was the right choice in the first place.
—Manuel Veth, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
In retrospect, that was Tran’s favorite part of the audition process.
—James Factora, Them., 16 Apr. 2025
In retrospect, there was a clarity to the Great Recession that is missing from our current moment.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retrospect
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Hitting the inside wall of the backstretch, the race ended with a photo finish and a video review was used to identify the winner.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Apr. 2025
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After Michelle Wolf's controversial monologue in 2018 received mixed reviews from critics, the WHCA chose historian Ron Chernow to present a speech the following year.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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But framing Paul American as a retrospection on labor, with the boys and their family and their lackeys gassing them up over and over, just isn’t that interesting.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
28 Mar. 2025
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Every intervention, rereading, and retrospection by Jameson is about the present and the wish to shape the future.—
Mark Greif,
Harper's Magazine,
26 July 2024
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North Texas school and city representatives warned of millions in possible financial losses without annual reappraisals.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Apr. 2025
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Every-other-year reappraisals could also mean more frequent, if smaller, tax increases for property owners.—
Nate Rau,
Axios,
17 Mar. 2025
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The women’s reexamination of their complex dad’s demons and flaws, vis-à-vis these unearthed creations, proves illuminating and poignant.—
Gary Goldstein,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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The study’s authors believe their findings can help kick off thoughtful reexaminations of Europe’s last hunter-gatherer societies, as well as their influence on the natural world around them.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Retrospect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retrospect. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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