retrospections

noun

plural of retrospection
as in reviews
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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  1. reviews
  2. reconsiderations
Noun
  • Tools that show where handoffs stall, where reviews pile up or where a workflow keeps breaking at the same step tell you far more about a bottleneck than any amount of monitoring will.
    — Adithyan RK, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • In previous years, ICE was directed to publicly report and conduct reviews of all deaths of individuals in custody, including those who died within 30 days of release.
    — Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of reviews
Noun
  • If anything, the seven-game winning streak prompts some reconsiderations.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
  • These frozen reconsiderations of classic cocktails are summer manna.
    — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 10 June 2026
Definition of reconsiderations
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“Retrospections.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retrospections. Accessed 31 Oct. 2026.

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