backward-looking
adjective
disapproving
: relating to the past : old-fashioned
backward-looking ideas/plans
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But what investors will likely key on won’t be the backward-looking Q1 figures.
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Fred Imbert, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2025
Even in more normal times, Jim Cramer always preaches that hearing from management teams who provide real-time color on their industries can be more valuable than backward-looking economic data.
—Kevin Stankiewicz,matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2025
Though full of sharp observations about the world of movies and her own relationship to it, the piece is also conservative and nostalgic, with a backward-looking incuriosity regarding a younger generation’s way of relating to films.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2025
The settlement has two major parts, one backward-looking and one forward-looking.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 7 Apr. 2025
That creates a different kind of nostalgia, one that’s both backward-looking and present-tense.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The settlement has two major parts, one backward-looking and one forward-looking.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 7 Apr. 2025
That creates a different kind of nostalgia, one that’s both backward-looking and present-tense.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
In my opinion, forward-looking data is just as important as, if not more important than, backward-looking data during some time periods.
—Chris Gunster, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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Fred Imbert, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2025
Even in more normal times, Jim Cramer always preaches that hearing from management teams who provide real-time color on their industries can be more valuable than backward-looking economic data.
—Kevin Stankiewicz,matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2025
Though full of sharp observations about the world of movies and her own relationship to it, the piece is also conservative and nostalgic, with a backward-looking incuriosity regarding a younger generation’s way of relating to films.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2025
The settlement has two major parts, one backward-looking and one forward-looking.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 7 Apr. 2025
That creates a different kind of nostalgia, one that’s both backward-looking and present-tense.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The settlement has two major parts, one backward-looking and one forward-looking.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 7 Apr. 2025
That creates a different kind of nostalgia, one that’s both backward-looking and present-tense.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
In my opinion, forward-looking data is just as important as, if not more important than, backward-looking data during some time periods.
—Chris Gunster, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Backward-looking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/backward-looking. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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