backward-looking

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For the LFI's Fourreau, the banquets are "backward-looking – a caricature".

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

However the figures are less likely to influence markets due to their backward-looking nature.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 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

The delay is "a worryingly backward-looking political signal", while "any security gain is far from guaranteed", Beatrice Petrovich, senior energy analyst at energy think tank Ember, told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 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