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
And in retrospect, that kind of was my downfall.
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Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Dec. 2025
A week of life and going through something grueling isn’t all that bad in retrospect.
—Abigail Wise, Outside, 17 Nov. 2025
But in retrospect, the moment has come to mean so much more than just a great performance.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
In retrospect, Minnesota Wild defenseman Daemon Hunt doesn’t necessarily think the last 12 months have been all that strange.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 6 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for retrospect
Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Dec. 2025
A week of life and going through something grueling isn’t all that bad in retrospect.
—Abigail Wise, Outside, 17 Nov. 2025
But in retrospect, the moment has come to mean so much more than just a great performance.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
In retrospect, Minnesota Wild defenseman Daemon Hunt doesn’t necessarily think the last 12 months have been all that strange.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 6 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for retrospect
Recent Examples of Synonyms for retrospect
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The move marks a departure from past administrations, which have typically moved quickly to open Justice Department civil rights reviews of fatal encounters involving law enforcement, even when criminal charges were considered unlikely.—
Greg Wehner , Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
14 Jan. 2026
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Eligibility is tightly defined by performance thresholds, with only chips operating below specific limits qualifying for case-by-case review.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Jan. 2026
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The retrospection tortures her.—
Alexandra Rockey Fleming,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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In 2026, portal days are particularly important as times of self-reflection and retrospection.—
Hannah Madlener,
Glamour,
12 Dec. 2025
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Just last week, the Ohio Supreme Court had found the appellate court erred in blocking the challenge and returned it to the lower court for reconsideration.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 Dec. 2025
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Many of the year’s best comedy specials share a reflective sense of mid-career reconsideration.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
3 Dec. 2025
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And listening to what people are looking for in treatment could lead not just to new medications but also to a reappraisal of old options.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
30 Dec. 2025
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More recently, the format has met something of a reappraisal.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
13 Dec. 2025
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This reexamination of Stratten’s life, rape, and murder casts a new light on the angel who was a centerfold.—
Lili Anolik,
Vanity Fair,
12 Jan. 2026
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One of the prosecutors, Thomas Breen, who later became a leading defense attorney, expressed misgivings about the case in the 1990s, prompting a reopening and reexamination.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Jan. 2026
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“Retrospect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retrospect. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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