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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Within a single 16-second stretch early in the fourth quarter of Golden State’s 126-113 victory, the officials initiated three separate reviews for possible flagrant fouls.—
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Mercury News,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Retrospections.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retrospections. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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