as in review
a usually critical look at a past event
in retrospect, we should have saved more money for college
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Recent Examples of retrospect
Would anyone have complained, in retrospect, if Kansas had endured a complete reset a year ago?
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Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2025
But the souring of a special relationship on the show is, in retrospect, eerily resonant.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2025
That speech was widely condemned in retrospect, given its opposition to civil rights for African Americans.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
In retrospect, those answers should have prepared us for the dumbfounding offseason that has followed.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
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Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2025
But the souring of a special relationship on the show is, in retrospect, eerily resonant.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2025
That speech was widely condemned in retrospect, given its opposition to civil rights for African Americans.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
In retrospect, those answers should have prepared us for the dumbfounding offseason that has followed.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retrospect
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Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free newsletter to get the latest trailers, celebrity interviews, film reviews, and more.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Each review was first published in my free weekly newsletter on Sacramento-area food and drink happenings.—
Benjy Egel,
Sacbee.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Every intervention, rereading, and retrospection by Jameson is about the present and the wish to shape the future.—
Mark Greif,
Harper's Magazine,
26 July 2024
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Nila’s fuzzy retrospection is especially frustrating in moments featuring her toxic relationship with Marlowe.—
Jasmine Vojdani,
Vulture,
13 Jan. 2025
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The sale will prompt a reappraisal of value and creative labor.—
Gerui Wang,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Among other sweeping changes approved last summer, TAD voted to pause reappraisals in 2025 and then do them every other year beginning in 2027.—
Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Mar. 2025
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When Ryan Murphy’s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story was released on Netflix in September 2024, his true-crime drama spurred calls for a reexamination of Lyle and Erik Menendez’s murder case — as well as demands for the brothers’ release from prison after more than three decades.—
Victoria Bekiempis,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2025
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The discoveries may force a reexamination of galaxy evolution.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Retrospect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retrospect. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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