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retroactive

adjective as in retrospective

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The university said it has already implemented salary and merit wage increases for non-tenure-track faculty that amount to an average 7.8% pay raise, retroactive to August.

Starting in early 2027, the three-month window for retroactive coverage will also shrink to just one month for Medicaid Expansion recipients and two months for traditional enrollees.

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The legislation “would impose retroactive liability on companies for lawful business activities dating back to 1990 and would introduce significant regulatory uncertainty that threatens California’s economic stability and competitiveness,” the letter says.

“There’s impacts to the classroom whether there’s a claim or not, because they’ve got to pay the retroactive premiums somehow,” he said.

Social Security has promised to increase benefits and make retroactive payments to people affected by the windfall elimination provision and the government pension offset.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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