How to Use retroactive in a Sentence

retroactive

adjective

• They all received a retroactive pay raise.
• The new tax will be retroactive to January 1.
• The approval of these salary changes are retroactive to Jan. 11.
  — Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 24 Jan. 2023
• He will be placed on the 10-day IL, retroactive to Monday.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 29 Mar. 2023
• The ban is retroactive and will end next year, but the 2022 gold medal will now go to the USA, which placed second.
  — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2024
• Crawford will miss at least10 days on the IL; the move was retroactive to Sunday.
  — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 May 2023
• The law is not retroactive, so renters could still be charged up to three months rent until June 30.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2024
• Brieske's move to the injury list is retroactive to Monday.
  — Chandler Engelbrecht, Detroit Free Press, 21 July 2022
• Anderson went on the IL retroactive to May 30 with a strained right groin.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2022
• The bill that passed the state House this weekend and now goes to the Governor’s desk cuts income-tax rates across the board by about 21%, retroactive to Jan. 1.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 6 Mar. 2023
• The raise, approved Tuesday on a 3-0 vote, is retroactive to July 1.
  — Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2023
• The 13% pay increase will be retroactive to the start of the current fiscal year, or last Oct. 1, according to the new contract.
  — Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2023
• The deal includes a 5% salary boost for all faculty retroactive to July 1 of last year.
  — Maya Miller, Sacramento Bee, 23 Jan. 2024
• According to the union, no one on staff has been paid retroactive backpay for overtime hours.
  — Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 July 2022
• The 60-day IL move is retroactive to the start of the season, so Votto is eligible to return on May 29.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 16 May 2023
• The union said 86% of members had voted for the five-year contract, which will now be in effect retroactive to August 1.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 22 Aug. 2023
• The term limits are not retroactive and do not prevent Burgum from running for a third or fourth term.
  — Jack Dura, Twin Cities, 22 Jan. 2024
• After the shutdown ends, those employees receive retroactive pay for the length of the shutdown.
  — Rachel Looker, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023
• However, the legislation won’t be retroactive, so it can’t be applied to most of the funds frozen so far.
  — Laurence Norman, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2022
• The automaker has moved to address this by stepping in with retroactive refunds.
  — Christine Mui, Fortune, 6 July 2022
• The raise would be retroactive to Sept. 1, according to McAllister’s memo.
  — Alia Malik, ajc, 5 Dec. 2022
• This year, the what-if involves the possible expansion of the child tax credit, which likely would be retroactive to 2023.
  — Susan Tompor, The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024
• The artists didn't address any of the retroactive crediting publicly, so who knows what really went down.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 8 Sep. 2023
• Because the agreement covers the current school year, teachers will get a lump sum of back pay — to make their raise retroactive to the start of the year in August — in that May 26 paycheck, too.
  — Leslie Postal, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2023
• These changes are retroactive to July 1, according to a city staff report.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2022
• He would’ve been entitled to retroactive and prospective royalties if the court agreed.
  — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2023
• Families will not need to file a claim to receive the retroactive earnings, which will simply appear in their accounts.
  — Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Washington Post, 10 July 2023
• The change won’t be retroactive, and the bill lets certain first-time offenders regain the ability to purchase after five years.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 22 June 2022
• The ruling is retroactive, meaning that child support will have to be paid forward or back dating back to July 1 if changes are made in the final ruling of the case.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2023
• The courts overturned the measure, and the pension system has had to create retroactive pensions for several thousands of city workers over the last two years.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024