retroactive
Example Sentences
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They also aim to avoid Johnson’s idea to borrow money for police settlements and a retroactive pay hike for firefighters, which they say could harm the city’s credit rating.
House overwhelmingly voted to extend the program through 2027 and to provide retroactive payments to districts that lost funding while it was lapsed.
From Los Angeles Times
That’s because refunds may not be fully retroactive unless a suit has already been filed, based on past rulings in other cases.
From Barron's
Many of those breaks were designed to be retroactive and to apply to 2025 tax returns.
From MarketWatch
The tariff reductions are retroactive to 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 13, according to the order.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
