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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
Even though it left me with more debt than I ever thought I would have, in retrospect, it was the best decision I ever made for Autumn Trafficante ; imagining my life without facial feminization surgery is the stuff of nightmares for me, yet that is the reality for the vast majority of trans women.
I take classification seriously. I relied on and had every reason to rely on the judgments of the professionals with whom I worked. And so, in retrospect, maybe some people are saying, ‘Well, … among those 300 people, they made the wrong call,’ at the time, there was no reason, in my view, to doubt the professionalism and the determination by the people who work every single day on behalf of our country.
They were very, very late in removing monetary policy accommodation, that's going to turn out, in retrospect, to be a bit of a policy mistake.
That was my call, in retrospect, we could have done that differently.
When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things -- not the great occasions -- that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.
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