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given to or marked by reflection of the past
Her book takes a retrospective look at the actor's long and distinguished career.
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Recent Examples of retrospective
More than a retrospective, the installation interrogates the tension between Modernist ideals and today’s ecological realities, moving beyond industrial rationalism toward a wilder, more organic future.
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Natalie Stoclet, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
The speech that propelled the Red Scare hunts from Washington, DC, into Hollywood, the armed forces, universities, and libraries is annotated below with scholarship, both contemporaneous and retrospective, about McCarthy, the Red Scare and current threats to First Amendment rights.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 24 Mar. 2025
In the process of making the project a preservation initiative by digitizing archival tapes, organizers of the retrospective discovered just how full an evening at EZTV could be, with performances, poetry, shorts, an in-house soap opera and two or more feature-length videos.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2025
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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Natalie Stoclet, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
The speech that propelled the Red Scare hunts from Washington, DC, into Hollywood, the armed forces, universities, and libraries is annotated below with scholarship, both contemporaneous and retrospective, about McCarthy, the Red Scare and current threats to First Amendment rights.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 24 Mar. 2025
In the process of making the project a preservation initiative by digitizing archival tapes, organizers of the retrospective discovered just how full an evening at EZTV could be, with performances, poetry, shorts, an in-house soap opera and two or more feature-length videos.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retrospective
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From a tense two-hander and a teen heist movie to a NSFW alien tale and a philosophical road trip from Hell, these titles played well on the big screen and deserve releases to serve the masses.—
William Earl,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2025
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The problem of mind-body dualism This all stems from a key problem of dualism, which is the philosophical idea that the mind and body are different things.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
12 Apr. 2025
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Hinging on upbeat, nostalgic pop music that was popular during the global financial crash in the mid- to late-00s, the viral trend shows that from the purse to the playlist, concerns about a potential recession are everywhere.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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Of course, there will be plenty of nostalgic callbacks and easter eggs throughout.—
Benjamin VanHoose,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Many employers now recognize that these introspective qualities lead to more thorough work output and innovative solutions.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Catapulted into overnight fame by their massively successful debut album, San Francisco indie rock band Counting Crows and their introspective frontman Adam Duritz were suddenly the biggest rockstars in the world, defiantly facing whatever came next.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2025
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Rajula Srivastava, for contributions in harmonic analysis and analytic number theory, including contributions to the problem of counting rational points near smooth manifolds.—
Alex Cramer,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Apr. 2025
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The breakthrough for me ... for the analytic people to consistently be able to measure where the ball's hitting each player's bat, and design bats specifically for each hitter, is just brilliant.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
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The pair both showed up to their second date on the beach with thoughtful gifts and eventually shared their first kiss before Tyler met Madison's family.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
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This is a complex matter requiring thoughtful consideration and a long-term perspective.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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The bumpy welcome was reflective of Mr. Bessent’s first few months in what might be the most difficult job in Washington.—
Alan Rappeport,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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The glass is highly reflective, and the screen simply doesn’t get bright enough to combat direct sunlight, making outdoor visibility a challenge.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Retrospective.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retrospective. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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