retroactive
Example Sentences
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According to S&P Global Market Intelligence, “immediate implications of tariff reversal are likely to result in retroactive refunds, not future price relief.”
From MarketWatch
Its efforts include a proposed ballot measure that would bar retroactive taxes, as well as banning new taxes on personal property, including retirement savings, stocks, bonds and intellectual property.
Given the repeated warnings states have received about this issue, one might ask why CMS hasn’t insisted on enforcing the new restrictions retroactive to the enactment of the Big Beautiful Bill in July.
The law also extended the time for filing itemized claims to at least 100 days, up from just two months, but it was not retroactive.
From Los Angeles Times
Hong Kong authorities say that the national security law has no retroactive effect.
From Barron's
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