retrospect
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“In retrospect maybe they ought to have tightened a little sooner and a little more,” Binder said.
From MarketWatch • May 10, 2026
The extent of the deficit probably contributed to Guardiola opting to reintroduce the Frenchman into the side - a lucky decision in retrospect.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026
In retrospect, the Stones’ success can be attributed to the usual reasons—woodshedding, happy accidents, luck—but perhaps more than anything to Mr. Richards’s obsession with his instrument.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
He’s bemused in retrospect by the strange spectacle of a “little white boy in short trousers” frolicking with a Black man old enough to be his father.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
The term hate crime was coined in response to what was described at the time as an “epidemic” of neo-Nazi and skinhead violence, although in retrospect it’s unclear whether any such epidemic existed.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
Vocabulary lists containing retrospect
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To All the Boys I've Loved Before
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