as in retrospect
a usually critical look at a past event
the president is confident that future retrospections will cast his actions in a more favorable light
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Recent Examples of retrospection
But the subsequent string of disruptions in her personal life made retrospection less appealing.
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Alice Gregory, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
Done well, retrospection holds the promise to boost productivity and profitability.
—Allbusiness, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
To take some of the pressure off of its constant retrospection, The Bear also nestles itself into a sideways version of reality.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 27 June 2024
Yet at its best, the Robertson tribute — produced by Blackbird Presents, which also put on Willie Nelson’s two-night 90th-birthday extravaganza last year at the Hollywood Bowl — had a liveliness that cut through the many-layered retrospection of it all.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
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Alice Gregory, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
Done well, retrospection holds the promise to boost productivity and profitability.
—Allbusiness, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
To take some of the pressure off of its constant retrospection, The Bear also nestles itself into a sideways version of reality.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 27 June 2024
Yet at its best, the Robertson tribute — produced by Blackbird Presents, which also put on Willie Nelson’s two-night 90th-birthday extravaganza last year at the Hollywood Bowl — had a liveliness that cut through the many-layered retrospection of it all.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Retrospection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retrospection. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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