retrospective

Example Sentences

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“What we now call ‘Italian cuisine’ is a retrospective construction, projected backwards as if it had always existed,” he says.

From Salon

Her 76th and final show will not be a "retrospective, but full of nods" to her past work, she told Madame Figaro magazine in early January.

From Barron's

A hundred years after her birth, a retrospective of Plymouth artist Beryl Cook's work is being put on in her adopted home city.

From BBC

Tonight, she just made sure the film was set for the eight o’clock entry in the Winona Ryder retrospective before carefully ducking out.

From Literature

Jay Kelly is allergic to career retrospectives and honors.

From Los Angeles Times