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Recent Examples of backward-looking
Still, investors shrugged off the backward-looking data as stocks suffered a second day of selloffs over sweeping new tariffs announced by President Donald Trump earlier this week.
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2025
State of play: The backward-looking data lately has been distinctly stagflationary.
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 30 Mar. 2025
The problem was that their approach to strategy was fundamentally backward-looking.
—Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
There are a few housing releases next week — new and pending home sales on Tuesday and Thursday, respectively — but as Jim often preaches, the ability of companies to provide real-time insights can in certain instances be more helpful than backward-looking reports.
—Kevin Stankiewicz,matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2025
The data officials in the U.S., Europe and Japan rely on to assess their respective economies is backward-looking and can't possibly reflect fallout from opaque trade policy.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 19 Mar. 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
Resume metrics are backward-looking and try to measure a team’s accomplishments.
—Jim Root, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
As wildfires became more frequent and more severe in the past few years, California regulators realized that the backward-looking model was no longer assessing the risk faced by homeowners and property insurers correctly.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
Max Zahn, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2025
State of play: The backward-looking data lately has been distinctly stagflationary.
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 30 Mar. 2025
The problem was that their approach to strategy was fundamentally backward-looking.
—Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
There are a few housing releases next week — new and pending home sales on Tuesday and Thursday, respectively — but as Jim often preaches, the ability of companies to provide real-time insights can in certain instances be more helpful than backward-looking reports.
—Kevin Stankiewicz,matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2025
The data officials in the U.S., Europe and Japan rely on to assess their respective economies is backward-looking and can't possibly reflect fallout from opaque trade policy.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 19 Mar. 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
Resume metrics are backward-looking and try to measure a team’s accomplishments.
—Jim Root, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
As wildfires became more frequent and more severe in the past few years, California regulators realized that the backward-looking model was no longer assessing the risk faced by homeowners and property insurers correctly.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for backward-looking
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Hinging on upbeat, nostalgic pop music that was popular during the global financial crash in the mid- to late-00s, the viral trend shows that from the purse to the playlist, concerns about a potential recession are everywhere.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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Other key neutrals are navy (especially paired with crimson), olive (for a pop of nostalgic color) and gray and black.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
8 Apr. 2025
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Smaller retrospective studies – those that look back in time – suggest that there are benefits to using GLP-1 medications with type 1 diabetes.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
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This isn’t the only retrospective look that Corgan is taking in 2025.—
Tyler Jenke,
Billboard,
1 Apr. 2025
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Aries rules your introspective 12th house of subconscious patterns and Jupiter’s lighting up your second house of finances and values, giving you the clarity to break free from old mental patterns that no longer serve you.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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By all accounts, Asha was an introspective and talented child who wore pigtails and loved basketball and spending time with her older brother, O’Bryant.—
Dianne Gallagher,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2025
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From a tense two-hander and a teen heist movie to a NSFW alien tale and a philosophical road trip from Hell, these titles played well on the big screen and deserve releases to serve the masses.—
William Earl,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2025
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Books of advice come in many forms: financial, spiritual, physical, philosophical.—
Dwight Garner,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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The breakthrough for me ... for the analytic people to consistently be able to measure where the ball's hitting each player's bat, and design bats specifically for each hitter, is just brilliant.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
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This means using advanced analytic insights to take a proactive approach to CX, where organizations use diagnostics, predictions, and prescriptions to manage the experiences of all customers rather than reacting to feedback from a small percentage who respond to surveys.—
Forrester,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Backward-looking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backward-looking. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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