retrospect

Example Sentences

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This self-serving quotation has the ring of a memory fashioned in retrospect.

From The Wall Street Journal

The researchers failed to find any known FTD mutations — not surprising, in retrospect, given the limited number of samples.

From New York Times

"You can only identify it in retrospect with forensic analysis."

From BBC

However, in retrospect, it's interesting to consider the differences in how the two food personalities allowed politics to intersect with their careers.

From Salon

In retrospect, the moment feels slightly like a mass delusion, if an agreeable and largely worthwhile one.

From New York Times