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in ret·ro·spect

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  1. in retrospectadverb

    Looking back on the past or past events.

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  1. 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

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of in retrospect in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of in retrospect in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of in retrospect in a Sentence

  1. Former Flint Mayor Dayne Walling:

    In retrospect, I regret all of it, all the way back to seeing the city move to a different drinking water source. You can't put a dollar amount of the devastation to our community, our kids, and it was completely avoidable.

  2. Mark Esper:

    In retrospect I would have used different wording.

  3. David Sandberg:

    The story doesn't have to be all the details. But there should be nothing that would be considered a lie in retrospect, it could be a partial story. It could be less technical. But it has to be based in truth. Because once you go down the road of telling a non-truth, then it's very difficult to extricate yourself from that.

  4. Jen Jordan:

    I was kind of like, this can't be serious, because everything they're saying is so ridiculous, now, in retrospect, we really did dodge a bullet in terms of our democracy, because these folks were not playing.

  5. Robby Mook:

    Hillary Clinton said on the campaign trail it was a mistake to have the personal email server. I think what's, in retrospect, incredibly ironic and deeply frustrating to a lot of us is that Director Comey felt entitled to go in front of the country, unauthorized, and lecture Secretary Clinton about Hillary Clinton use when it turns out Director Comey was doing the same thing.

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