backward-looking

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

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

I bring this up not for backward-looking reasons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

He added that central banks’ reliance on backward-looking economic data meant they were likely “to dawdle, rather than hike.”

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

The backward-looking data won’t be pivotal to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s decision making, given that the outlook has been upended by the Iran conflict.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 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