backward-looking

adjective

disapproving
: relating to the past : old-fashioned
backward-looking ideas/plans

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Even in more normal times, Jim Cramer always preaches that hearing from management teams who provide real-time color on their industries can be more valuable than backward-looking economic data. Kevin Stankiewicz,matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2025 Though full of sharp observations about the world of movies and her own relationship to it, the piece is also conservative and nostalgic, with a backward-looking incuriosity regarding a younger generation’s way of relating to films. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2025 The settlement has two major parts, one backward-looking and one forward-looking. Becky Sullivan, NPR, 7 Apr. 2025 That creates a different kind of nostalgia, one that’s both backward-looking and present-tense. Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025 The settlement has two major parts, one backward-looking and one forward-looking. Becky Sullivan, NPR, 7 Apr. 2025 That creates a different kind of nostalgia, one that’s both backward-looking and present-tense. Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025 In my opinion, forward-looking data is just as important as, if not more important than, backward-looking data during some time periods. Chris Gunster, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025 Still, investors shrugged off the backward-looking data as stocks suffered a second day of selloffs over sweeping new tariffs announced by President Donald Trump earlier this week. Max Zahn, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2025

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“Backward-looking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/backward-looking. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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