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retrospective

[re-truh-spek-tiv] / ˌrɛ trəˈspɛk tɪv /
ADJECTIVE
backward-looking
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ADJECTIVE
concerned with past
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Retrospective analysis of seismic station data at Barry Arm revealed three landslides that occurred in 2020 and 2021.

From Science Daily • Feb. 21, 2024

The Retrospective provides an opportunity not only to celebrate his work, but to learn from past progress to inform how we look forward – something Foster's life has been dedicated to doing.

From Salon • Jul. 16, 2023

"Retrospective bans, a lack of transparency of the process enhances these kind of factional suspicions. The party won't progress unless the factionalism is dealt with properly," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2023

In early 2019, the Katzen Art Center at American University hosted a retrospective of her work called “Nancy at Ninety: A Retrospective of Form and Color.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 6, 2021

Retrospective consideration of that voyage left little room for doubt that the designs of the German agents had been thoughtfully matured.

From The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf by Vance, Louis Joseph




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