Example Sentences

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Retrospectively, more and more people decided that closing schools had been a bad idea after all.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2023

Retrospectively, not everyone finds humor in this obsession with screaming goats.

From Salon • Jul. 16, 2022

Retrospectively testing blood samples without permission is something that might now be considered unethical but at the time it led to a breakthrough.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2019

Retrospectively it has been given the title "Theater Piece No. 1," although it is not an official part of the Cage catalog.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2016

Retrospectively: She claimed to remember things at home, and at both interviews said she recalled being taken to the Observation Pavilion.

From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by MacCurdy, John T. (John Thompson)