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Recent Examples of backward-looking
The Spider-Verse movies are brilliant and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is just fun — one an exercise in pushing the medium forward, the other a backward-looking piece of nostalgia.
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025
What’s more, California law prohibited insurers from forecasting risk into the future, relying solely on backward-looking analyses of natural disasters and other factors that would drive insurance payouts.
—Andrea Riquier, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
The state forced insurers to only use backward-looking estimates of risk.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 23 Jan. 2025
Compare that with economic data releases, which are generally backward-looking in nature, often by a month or more.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025
Freud was the proponent of etiology, a backward-looking theory that ascribes our behavior today to our shaping and forming early in life.
—Tim Maurer, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
Mortgage rates rebounded following the Fed’s rate announcement on Wednesday, and investors are going to be far more focused on figuring out what that means for home sales and affordability going forward than what’s in this backward-looking release.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 22 Dec. 2024
Which is why performance management needs to move from a backward-looking evaluation process to a forward-thinking tool.
—Nirit Cohen, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
This can shift the focus of reviews from being 70% to 80% backward-looking to 70% to 80% forward-looking, highlighting risks and opportunities.
—Ruchir Nath, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025
What’s more, California law prohibited insurers from forecasting risk into the future, relying solely on backward-looking analyses of natural disasters and other factors that would drive insurance payouts.
—Andrea Riquier, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
The state forced insurers to only use backward-looking estimates of risk.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 23 Jan. 2025
Compare that with economic data releases, which are generally backward-looking in nature, often by a month or more.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025
Freud was the proponent of etiology, a backward-looking theory that ascribes our behavior today to our shaping and forming early in life.
—Tim Maurer, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
Mortgage rates rebounded following the Fed’s rate announcement on Wednesday, and investors are going to be far more focused on figuring out what that means for home sales and affordability going forward than what’s in this backward-looking release.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 22 Dec. 2024
Which is why performance management needs to move from a backward-looking evaluation process to a forward-thinking tool.
—Nirit Cohen, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
This can shift the focus of reviews from being 70% to 80% backward-looking to 70% to 80% forward-looking, highlighting risks and opportunities.
—Ruchir Nath, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for backward-looking
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How Taylor Swift fits into the legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni But the sweet, nostalgic jewelry also has a more personal meaning for Swift and the Kansas City Chiefs tight end.—
Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
29 Jan. 2025
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These aren’t the only items that will fill your kitchen with nostalgic charm.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
29 Jan. 2025
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Comer’s bill would require federal agencies to reduce telework policies to their 2019 levels within 30 days and require them to submit retrospective studies to Congress within 6 months to detail how the hybrid models impacted their work.—
Lauren Irwin,
The Hill,
16 Jan. 2025
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As part of the retrospective, the festival’s closing gala on April 26 at the ICA will be a screening of Has’ The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973).—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Read the full Pisces Daily Horoscope Aries (March 21 - April 19) Feeling introspective?—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
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This ability to balance high-energy anthems with introspective themes has helped MEOVV connect with fans who value both excitement and authenticity.—
Ascend Agency,
New York Daily News,
21 Jan. 2025
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Eventually, an experience prompted him to consider the trappings of success from a more philosophical angle.—
Naima Cochrane,
VIBE.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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Catholic natural law, as articulated by figures such as St. Thomas Aquinas, is a philosophical and theological framework centered on universal moral principles accessible through reason.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2025
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Thanks to the equipment-specific insights afforded by ML and the sheer analytic capabilities of AI, manufacturers can be more proactive than ever during a peak season rush.—
Bill Rokos,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Asking Scholarly Questions with JSTOR Daily Help students develop analytic and scholarly questioning skills using a quick activity built on JSTOR Daily roundups and syllabi.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Backward-looking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backward-looking. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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