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retrospective

adjective as in backward-looking

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adjective as in concerned with past

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“Ken Gonzales-Day: History’s ‘Nevermade’” offers a timely retrospective of an artist who explores the way social erasure operates in American life.

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Regardless of the inspiration these repertory theaters provide with, say, retrospectives of Akira Kurosawa, the model is not bulletproof to the punches theaters have taken.

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The museum is already looking ahead on that front, with plans for a full Spielberg retrospective in 2028.

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In 2000 the Guggenheim Museum in New York City mounted a retrospective exhibit of his work, the first costume exhibit in the museum’s history.

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But he has since referred both bills to the Constitutional Court, concerned that they could affect elements enshrined in the constitution by placing retrospective restrictions on copyright.

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

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