retrospect
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In retrospect both are seen as acts of long-term strategic vision.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
In retrospect, those difficult weeks offered a preview of what would happen in Minneapolis just a few weeks later.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026
In retrospect, some of the signs that could or should have been red flags were that even during a downmarket, his investments still supposedly brought in a healthy return and they were miraculously consistent.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026
“It was one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever had to make,” Jordan says, but in retrospect the right one.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
Their—soon to be everyone’s—nifty solution to the problem of selling the lower floors appears, in retrospect, almost magical.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing retrospect
Wonder
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Common Senses: Spec, Spect, Spic ("Look")
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To All the Boys I've Loved Before
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