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in ret·ro·spect
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in retrospectadverb
Looking back on the past or past events.
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in retrospect
Read the full text of the In Retrospect poem by Quaid-Uz-Zaman on the Poetry.com website.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of in retrospect in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of in retrospect in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of in retrospect in a Sentence
One must judiciously retrospect not just his actions but also reactions of the other in order to arrive at a sensible conclusion. The primary fallacy is that you're assuming that the other is functioning out of awareness - which is falsity and this further aggrevates the mental agony, driving you farther from reality. Watch on!
Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson:
There's going to be anger associated, when things of this nature occur, the first thing people do is look in retrospect, what could we have done to maybe prevent this ? I know our detectives do the best they can.
I think in retrospect, yeah we should have( left)... I don't think it was possible for us to just abruptly walk away right after we killed bin Laden, but clearly we could have earlier than we did.
In retrospect, I should have seen that connection differently, and had I done so, I would have raised my own objections.
So much of our time is preparation, so much is routine, and so much retrospect, that the path of each man's genius contracts itself to a very few hours.
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