as in nostalgic
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Recent Examples of backward-looking
In time alone, for starters, the case is ancient in internet years and tragically backward-looking.
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David Doty, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
But what investors will likely key on won’t be the backward-looking Q1 figures.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2025
Even in more normal times, Jim Cramer always preaches that hearing from management teams who provide real-time color on their industries can be more valuable than backward-looking economic data.
—Kevin Stankiewicz,matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2025
Though full of sharp observations about the world of movies and her own relationship to it, the piece is also conservative and nostalgic, with a backward-looking incuriosity regarding a younger generation’s way of relating to films.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2025
The settlement has two major parts, one backward-looking and one forward-looking.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 7 Apr. 2025
That creates a different kind of nostalgia, one that’s both backward-looking and present-tense.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The settlement has two major parts, one backward-looking and one forward-looking.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 7 Apr. 2025
That creates a different kind of nostalgia, one that’s both backward-looking and present-tense.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
David Doty, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
But what investors will likely key on won’t be the backward-looking Q1 figures.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2025
Even in more normal times, Jim Cramer always preaches that hearing from management teams who provide real-time color on their industries can be more valuable than backward-looking economic data.
—Kevin Stankiewicz,matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2025
Though full of sharp observations about the world of movies and her own relationship to it, the piece is also conservative and nostalgic, with a backward-looking incuriosity regarding a younger generation’s way of relating to films.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2025
The settlement has two major parts, one backward-looking and one forward-looking.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 7 Apr. 2025
That creates a different kind of nostalgia, one that’s both backward-looking and present-tense.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The settlement has two major parts, one backward-looking and one forward-looking.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 7 Apr. 2025
That creates a different kind of nostalgia, one that’s both backward-looking and present-tense.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for backward-looking
Adjective
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Why had she been forgotten, when her peers had lingered on as nostalgic figures, totems of a safer, simpler time?—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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Corey Feldman, Sean Astin and Ke Huy Quan were among the stars who took a moment to reflect on the major milestone Feldman documented his nostalgic visit to Astoria, Oregon, where the 1985 movie was filmed The Goonies turns 40!—
Grace Harrington,
People.com,
8 June 2025
Adjective
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Since the end of Fuller House in 2020, Sweetin and Barber have kept the Full House nostalgia going with their retrospective podcast.—
Grace Harrington,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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Some of the limitations with the present study were its retrospective nature, an inability to validate diagnoses of Alzheimer’s disease, and the inability to determine important details about the antiherpes medications given, such as dose and duration.—
Paul McClure
May 20,
New Atlas,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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Antonia Gentry Gentry, who portrays Georgia's introspective teenage daughter Ginny, is currently single.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
5 June 2025
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While the show’s first season rearranged brains with Fielder’s increasingly introspective attempt to help a woman rehearse for motherhood, Season 2 has focused on the creator’s own, weirdly timely obsession with aviation safety.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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The Case for Self-Custody Atkins' remarks reflect a growing recognition that self-custody isn’t just a technical preference, but a philosophical choice.—
Becca Bratcher,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Today, they’re considered all-time greats, geniuses of melody and tension and originators of the diffident, philosophical mode that came to dominate American guitar rock in the new century.—
Armin Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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Currently, 90 percent of the platform's enterprise clients use their analytic tools.—
Katherine Fung,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 June 2025
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The Tigers, meanwhile, have searched for the blend every baseball team looks for: Merging the old school and the new, analytic savvy and human feel.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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“Backward-looking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backward-looking. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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