How to Use retrospective in a Sentence

retrospective

1 of 2 adjective

• The museum is having a retrospective exhibit of the artist's early works.
• They issued a retrospective report.
• The voice is retrospective, but it’s written in the voice of a 65-year-old writing about a 20-year-old.
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 13 Nov. 2023
• At the retrospective, many of the photos were immense, around fifteen square feet; shots of faces and limbs, storms and forests.
  — Madeleine Watts, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
• That was one way to keep the viewers immersed in the story and not think of it like a retrospective or looking back.
  — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 29 Jan. 2024
• This retrospective aspect of the show clearly pleased many in the crowd at Chase Center.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
• At the end of every sprint, celebrate your wins and have a retrospective meeting to see what went well and where your team can improve.
  — Raghu Gollamudi, Forbes, 19 July 2022
• Such scenes are common across the U.S., according to a large retrospective study published in 2021.
  — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• However, immersed in retrospective data, Fed heads should not confuse the past with the present, let alone with the future.
  — Steven Tian, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2022
• Ian Anderson did a retrospective tour concert in San Diego a few years ago.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2023
• Thus, the carousel of trading-favors-for-dirt grinds on — until much later, in a retrospective wrap-up of fates and evolutions.
  — Joan Frank, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
• This retrospective tale, a work of memory, is largely set in 1940s Ohio.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
• The vibe is less retrospective than heady studio visit.
  — Carolina A. Mirandacolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2022
• On the toilet my mind offers a self-pity retrospective montage, replaying the day’s oof.
  — Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2022
• This is far from an orderly retrospective tasting, a march from young to old or vice versa.
  — Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report, 6 June 2022
• Most of the new cases, Butler said Friday, were the result of a retrospective analysis.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 20 May 2022
• Instead, the track serves as a retrospective addressing her many painful brushes with love.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 21 Oct. 2022
• At the same time, missed deadlines should be analyzed and the reasons for missing the mark fed back into retrospective sessions, so the team can improve.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 16 Feb. 2023
• Rolling Stone’s This Sound Tracks is a retrospective deep dive into the most iconic and memorable movie soundtracks.
  — Tara Catherine Reid, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2023
• There are limitations of a retrospective study such as this one.
  — Maureen MacKey, Fox News, 26 Mar. 2023
• With screenings slated throughout the entirety of 2024, this will be the chain’s largest retrospective series yet.
  — Valerie Wu, Variety, 3 Jan. 2024
• Those are just two of the pieces of Ginger Spice lore unearthed during Halliwell’s mini fashion retrospective; watch the full video for more.
  — Vogue, 4 Oct. 2023
• Chopra, who moves from the sports world to music with this, originally envisioned the six-hour doc as a retrospective complete with tons of archival footage and interviews with the group.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2024
• Here is a retrospective — but not exhaustive — look at some of 2023’s biggest natural disasters in the United States and around the world.
  — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 22 Dec. 2023
• The retrospective exhibition is the gallery’s inaugural show with the Estate of Martha Alf.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2023
• If not for Armstrong, our Mark Tobey retrospective would have been canceled.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 14 Dec. 2023
• The study was retrospective and could not determine whether the patients tested positive along with the return of symptoms.
  — Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 26 Aug. 2022
• In a New York Times retrospective interview, Disney confirmed that a sequel to the film is in development, with both stars in talks to return.
  — Vulture, 11 May 2023
• Madonna is currently in the midst of her retrospective Celebration Tour, which kicked off last year in Europe before coming Stateside.
  — Oliver Gettell, EW.com, 15 Mar. 2024
• In November 2023, Behar announced the upcoming release of a new retrospective book.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 3 Mar. 2024

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retrospective

2 of 2 noun

• The museum is featuring a retrospective of Picasso's early works.
• In a way, that’s the point of all these Waco retrospectives.
  — Noel Murray, Chron, 10 Apr. 2023
• The Guggenheim staged a full-blown retrospective in 1979.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2022
• In 2020, The Times wrote a retrospective about the inaugural game.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2023
• Below, the doyenne of the art world reflects on bringing the retrospective to life, and the future of performance art.
  — Vogue, 23 Sep. 2023
• The tour is billed as a retrospective of Madonna's four-decade career.
  — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 28 June 2023
• This was not going to be a retrospective of all the [career] highlights.
  — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Jan. 2023
• This 20-year retrospective will showcase an array of 24 unique models the brand has produced over the years.
  — Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2022
• See here for our 2022 AI predictions, and see here for our retrospective on them.
  — Rob Toews, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2023
• See here for our 2021 AI predictions, and see here for our retrospective on them.
  — Rob Toews, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2023
• The two-hour, high energy set was a rousing retrospective of Bad Bunny's rise over the last six years.
  — Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Apr. 2023
• The community was asked to provide input with suggestions for the retrospective of the best of the best from years past.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 27 Sep. 2022
• Clarke suspects that, in 1959, in the midst of preparations for a retrospective at the Tate Gallery, Grant decided the drawings needed to go.
  — Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
• Brown did not agree to be interviewed for this retrospective on her years in office.
  — oregonlive, 8 Jan. 2023
• Katz, of course, has had an entire second career since his last retrospective, at the age of almost 60.
  — Amanda Fortini Alec Soth, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2022
• After that, a video retrospective showed Tainy’s childhood in San Juan.
  — Juan J. Arroyo, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2024
• The career retrospective has already logged a record 1,130 weeks – and counting – on the Official Chart.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 3 Jan. 2024
• The first retrospective of Donatello in 35 years was always going to be an event.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2022
• Steve Keene, possibly the world’s most prolific painter, is hard at work, even though the gallery’s hosting a retrospective of his work.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2022
• It may not be called a retrospective, but that’s semantics.
  — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2022
• In the spring, the Jewish Museum in New York gave him his first museum retrospective.
  — Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
• Showing new work instead of a show based on a retrospective has a kind of practical reason.
  — Vogue, 8 Sep. 2023
• They were bound for a retrospective of his work at New York’s Guggenheim Museum.
  — Sarah Medford, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2023
• One is a retrospective of his works, mingled with artists he’s influenced by.
  — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 30 Apr. 2023
• While some retrospectives serve as a rubber stamp on a designer’s legacy, this one is a bit more open-ended.
  — Véronique Hyland, ELLE, 8 Sep. 2023
• For the career retrospective, the Bring It On actress chose a sophisticated spin on a cozy sweater dress while dipping her toe into the naked dress trend.
  — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Nov. 2022
• But Usher decided to do a retrospective of his long and accomplished career and who can blame him.
  — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 13 Feb. 2024
• Broadway composer Jason Robert Brown is in the midst of a vibrant retrospective.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2023
• In a conversation that touched on all three plays, Shanley revealed that the accidental retrospective isn’t the only reason his life has been flashing before his eyes recently.
  — Darryn King, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024
• One afternoon my sister and I saw a retrospective for Sarah Lucas, the contemporary British artist renowned for her commentaries on gender, death, and sexuality.
  — Hazlitt, 14 Feb. 2024

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