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Recent Examples of retroactive
The average retroactive payment so far is $6,710, a significant financial windfall for retirees who had been unfairly shortchanged.
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Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
In addition, Congress will pass a retroactive tax cut to cover the zero additional costs that ...
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 28 Mar. 2025
Much could depend on if the IRS will allow a retroactive submission at some point as glitches are worked out.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
Social Security started adjusting benefits and making retroactive payments at the end of February.
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
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Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
In addition, Congress will pass a retroactive tax cut to cover the zero additional costs that ...
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 28 Mar. 2025
Much could depend on if the IRS will allow a retroactive submission at some point as glitches are worked out.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
Social Security started adjusting benefits and making retroactive payments at the end of February.
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retroactive
Adjective
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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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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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That’s fine, but the physical practice of putting pen to paper is part of the meditative experience of journaling.—
Ankur Bindal,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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The film is Weerasethakul’s first set outside Thailand and is noted for its meditative pacing and immersive sound design.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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Covering 80% of roof area on commercial buildings in the U.S. with solar reflective material would be the equivalent to turning off 34 coal power plants for one year.—
Rob Lewallen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Apr. 2025
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The dining room on the floor below has deep red carpets, gold chairs, burl wood walls in a herringbone pattern and reflective metallic paint on the ceiling that intensifies the rotating 360 degree views.—
Laurie Werner,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Appropriately Murrow-furrowed, Clooney presents the journalist as a downcast, contemplative, dedicated journalist with an occasional flash of dry wit — and even a bit of warmth.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
4 Apr. 2025
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This grant expands access to our undergraduate Psychedelic Studies Minor, integrating rigorous academic inquiry with contemplative practices and studying mind-body integration.—
Benjamin Adams,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Rohan Goyal Double exposure This photo by Rohan Goyal, a 32-year-old with Down syndrome, captures his mother in a pensive mood laid over the image of a tall building.—
Charu Bahri,
NPR,
15 Mar. 2025
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On March 11, Rodgers was seen looking pensive during a beachside stroll in Malibu, Calif.—
Natasha Dye,
People.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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There are logical, though debatable, arguments that the settlement paying male athletes more in damages and permitting colleges to pay male athletes more going forward is problematic under Title IX.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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When fans are incorrectly being told how much worse the game is today versus the 1990s and 2000s … that doesn’t seem to be a logical way of boosting viewership.—
Shane Young,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Retroactive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retroactive. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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