backward-looking
Example Sentences
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Although these are sensible steps, regulatory review is episodic, resource-constrained and inevitably backward-looking.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Advocates of originalism say this sort of backward-looking reasoning is the only way to prevent modern judges or legislatures from abridging individual rights ratified in the Constitution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
For the LFI's Fourreau, the banquets are "backward-looking – a caricature".
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
GDP is a backward-looking number, but the report also showed the economy picking up in February and March just as the conflict with Iran erupted.
From MarketWatch ● May 2, 2026
This backward-looking astronomer had been born in 1611, which perhaps explains his old-fashioned attitude, and christened Johann Höwelcke, but Latinized his name to Johannes Hevelius.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
