backward-looking
Example Sentences
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“If you’re making policy for what the data are now, you are backward looking, because it will take 12 to 18 months for that to hit the economy,” he said.
From Barron's • Nov. 10, 2025
It just compares the prices in September with the prices in September of last year — so it’s totally backward looking and out of date.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 24, 2025
However, this is a backward looking picture - and the new tariffs were expected to raise considerably more revenue over a full financial year.
From BBC • May 29, 2025
Lawyers, Cornell said, often work backward, looking for historical evidence to bolster one claim or another, rather than starting with the historical record itself.
From Slate • May 8, 2024
Malfoy went pale and jumped backward, looking wildly around for Moody, but he was still up at the staff table, finishing his stew.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
