Example Sentences

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Retrospectively, more and more people decided that closing schools had been a bad idea after all.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2023

Retrospectively, not everyone finds humor in this obsession with screaming goats.

From Salon • Jul. 16, 2022

Retrospectively it has been given the title "Theater Piece No. 1," although it is not an official part of the Cage catalog.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2016

Retrospectively you start to look at things, he did have a glazed look and when you said 'hello' there was a big grin.

From BBC • Jul. 27, 2011

Retrospectively the patient herself said that she now felt she was losing her mind and did not wish to talk to any one.

From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by MacCurdy, John T. (John Thompson)