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Recent Examples of backward-looking
The data officials in the U.S., Europe and Japan rely on to assess their respective economies is backward-looking and can't possibly reflect fallout from opaque trade policy.
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Courtenay Brown, Axios, 19 Mar. 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
Resume metrics are backward-looking and try to measure a team’s accomplishments.
—Jim Root, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
As wildfires became more frequent and more severe in the past few years, California regulators realized that the backward-looking model was no longer assessing the risk faced by homeowners and property insurers correctly.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
The Spider-Verse movies are brilliant and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is just fun — one an exercise in pushing the medium forward, the other a backward-looking piece of nostalgia.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025
What’s more, California law prohibited insurers from forecasting risk into the future, relying solely on backward-looking analyses of natural disasters and other factors that would drive insurance payouts.
—Andrea Riquier, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
The state forced insurers to only use backward-looking estimates of risk.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 23 Jan. 2025
Compare that with economic data releases, which are generally backward-looking in nature, often by a month or more.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025
Courtenay Brown, Axios, 19 Mar. 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
Resume metrics are backward-looking and try to measure a team’s accomplishments.
—Jim Root, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
As wildfires became more frequent and more severe in the past few years, California regulators realized that the backward-looking model was no longer assessing the risk faced by homeowners and property insurers correctly.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
The Spider-Verse movies are brilliant and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is just fun — one an exercise in pushing the medium forward, the other a backward-looking piece of nostalgia.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025
What’s more, California law prohibited insurers from forecasting risk into the future, relying solely on backward-looking analyses of natural disasters and other factors that would drive insurance payouts.
—Andrea Riquier, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
The state forced insurers to only use backward-looking estimates of risk.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 23 Jan. 2025
Compare that with economic data releases, which are generally backward-looking in nature, often by a month or more.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for backward-looking
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In This Article Toilets Mirrors and Glass Shiny Surfaces Shower Doors Stains Who else feels nostalgic around a bottle of shaving cream?—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
16 Mar. 2025
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Now, things have gotten even more nostalgic as the two Fresh Prince of Belair stars and Doechii linked up to complete the iconic dance scene together.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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Benglis has made a jewelry line for Loewe, and the cover of Anderson’s ten-year Loewe retrospective highlights not one of his own designs but a work of Hamilton’s—a vastly oversized pumpkin fashioned from leather and shot for the Loewe Fall/Winter 2022 campaign.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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Disney first confirmed in a New York Times retrospective interview in May 2023 that a sequel to the film was in development, with both stars in talks to return.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Rap groups such as Stetsasonic, Gang Starr, De La Soul, and A Tribe Called Quest merged introspective lyricism with the boundless sonic textures of legends like Davis, Hancock, and Coltrane.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
10 Mar. 2025
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Expect some frustrations as headstrong Aries meets the introspective retrograde energies, pushing us to review our actions and thoughts from a fresh perspective.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The core debates on individual action have political, philosophical, sociological, and psychological dimensions.—
Nives Dolsak and Aseem Prakash,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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Barnes first tested Dewey’s pedagogical ideas on his factory workers, engaging them in weekly seminars to look at art and discuss philosophical texts.—
Kelly Presutti,
ARTnews.com,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Final Advice While advanced analytic techniques are uncommon in CX practices today, CX programs and leaders should challenge themselves and find a path to facilitate, collaborate, or expand the CX mandate to pursue a more quantitative approach that will prepare them for the future of CX.—
Forrester,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Silver outlined that the term applies to individuals who are good at abstract, analytic reasoning, but lack other forms of intelligence like empathy, judgment and self-awareness.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Backward-looking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backward-looking. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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