as in retrospect
a usually critical look at a past event
the president is confident that future retrospections will cast his actions in a more favorable light
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Recent Examples of retrospection
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.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
Her retrospection only increases upon realizing that she’s gotten lost in the wilderness.
—airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025
The key to meaningful retrospection is to keep it simple and focused.
—Allbusiness, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Such retrospection was not limited to the Barbican.
—Dean Kissick, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
Her retrospection only increases upon realizing that she’s gotten lost in the wilderness.
—airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025
The key to meaningful retrospection is to keep it simple and focused.
—Allbusiness, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Such retrospection was not limited to the Barbican.
—Dean Kissick, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for retrospection
Recent Examples of Synonyms for retrospection
Noun
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In retrospect it probably should not have been touched by sequel fever, but Hollywood at the time saw how The Godfather Part II did, and then Jaws, and just couldn’t resist.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
31 Oct. 2025
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But, in retrospect, that optimism appears to have been Kremlin wishful thinking too.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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India lost its review in desperation to get Wolvaardt dismissed, and then gambled with Verma’s gentle off-breakers.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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Each committee meets every three years, meaning the next contemporary era ballot review will be in December 2028.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The board asked the applicant to return with more refined renderings, reconsideration of the roof decks and more information about the design of the side yards.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
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Harvey might have reasoned that the arbitration should move deliberately given that both Flores and the NFL have flooded the dockets of the Southern District of New York and Second Circuit with appeals, petitions for reconsideration and other demands.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Retrospection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retrospection. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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