How to Use retrospective in a Sentence
- The museum is having a retrospective exhibit of the artist's early works.
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The voice is retrospective, but it’s written in the voice of a 65-year-old writing about a 20-year-old.
—Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 13 Nov. 2023
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At the retrospective, many of the photos were immense, around fifteen square feet; shots of faces and limbs, storms and forests.
—Madeleine Watts, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
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That was one way to keep the viewers immersed in the story and not think of it like a retrospective or looking back.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 29 Jan. 2024
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This retrospective aspect of the show clearly pleased many in the crowd at Chase Center.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
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At the end of every sprint, celebrate your wins and have a retrospective meeting to see what went well and where your team can improve.
—Raghu Gollamudi, Forbes, 19 July 2022
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Such scenes are common across the U.S., according to a large retrospective study published in 2021.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
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However, immersed in retrospective data, Fed heads should not confuse the past with the present, let alone with the future.
—Steven Tian, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2022
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Ian Anderson did a retrospective tour concert in San Diego a few years ago.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2023
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Thus, the carousel of trading-favors-for-dirt grinds on — until much later, in a retrospective wrap-up of fates and evolutions.
—Joan Frank, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
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This retrospective tale, a work of memory, is largely set in 1940s Ohio.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
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The vibe is less retrospective than heady studio visit.
—Carolina A. Mirandacolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2022
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On the toilet my mind offers a self-pity retrospective montage, replaying the day’s oof.
—Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2022
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This is far from an orderly retrospective tasting, a march from young to old or vice versa.
—Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report, 6 June 2022
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Most of the new cases, Butler said Friday, were the result of a retrospective analysis.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 20 May 2022
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Instead, the track serves as a retrospective addressing her many painful brushes with love.
—Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 21 Oct. 2022
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At the same time, missed deadlines should be analyzed and the reasons for missing the mark fed back into retrospective sessions, so the team can improve.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Feb. 2023
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Rolling Stone’s This Sound Tracks is a retrospective deep dive into the most iconic and memorable movie soundtracks.
—Tara Catherine Reid, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2023
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There are limitations of a retrospective study such as this one.
—Maureen MacKey, Fox News, 26 Mar. 2023
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With screenings slated throughout the entirety of 2024, this will be the chain’s largest retrospective series yet.
—Valerie Wu, Variety, 3 Jan. 2024
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Those are just two of the pieces of Ginger Spice lore unearthed during Halliwell’s mini fashion retrospective; watch the full video for more.
—Vogue, 4 Oct. 2023
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Chopra, who moves from the sports world to music with this, originally envisioned the six-hour doc as a retrospective complete with tons of archival footage and interviews with the group.
—Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2024
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Here is a retrospective — but not exhaustive — look at some of 2023’s biggest natural disasters in the United States and around the world.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 22 Dec. 2023
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The retrospective exhibition is the gallery’s inaugural show with the Estate of Martha Alf.
—Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2023
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If not for Armstrong, our Mark Tobey retrospective would have been canceled.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 14 Dec. 2023
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The study was retrospective and could not determine whether the patients tested positive along with the return of symptoms.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 26 Aug. 2022
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In a New York Times retrospective interview, Disney confirmed that a sequel to the film is in development, with both stars in talks to return.
—Vulture, 11 May 2023
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Madonna will look back on decades of dance hits on the upcoming new retrospective album, Finally Enough Love.
—Billboard Staff, Billboard, 4 May 2022
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Madonna is currently in the midst of her retrospective Celebration Tour, which kicked off last year in Europe before coming Stateside.
—Oliver Gettell, EW.com, 15 Mar. 2024
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In November 2023, Behar announced the upcoming release of a new retrospective book.
—Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 3 Mar. 2024
- The museum is featuring a retrospective of Picasso's early works.
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In a way, that’s the point of all these Waco retrospectives.
—Noel Murray, Chron, 10 Apr. 2023
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The Guggenheim staged a full-blown retrospective in 1979.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2022
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In 2020, The Times wrote a retrospective about the inaugural game.
—Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2023
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Below, the doyenne of the art world reflects on bringing the retrospective to life, and the future of performance art.
—Vogue, 23 Sep. 2023
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The tour is billed as a retrospective of Madonna's four-decade career.
—Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 28 June 2023
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This was not going to be a retrospective of all the [career] highlights.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Jan. 2023
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This 20-year retrospective will showcase an array of 24 unique models the brand has produced over the years.
—Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2022
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See here for our 2022 AI predictions, and see here for our retrospective on them.
—Rob Toews, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2023
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See here for our 2021 AI predictions, and see here for our retrospective on them.
—Rob Toews, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2023
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The two-hour, high energy set was a rousing retrospective of Bad Bunny's rise over the last six years.
—Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Apr. 2023
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The community was asked to provide input with suggestions for the retrospective of the best of the best from years past.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 27 Sep. 2022
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Clarke suspects that, in 1959, in the midst of preparations for a retrospective at the Tate Gallery, Grant decided the drawings needed to go.
—Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
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Brown did not agree to be interviewed for this retrospective on her years in office.
—oregonlive, 8 Jan. 2023
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Katz, of course, has had an entire second career since his last retrospective, at the age of almost 60.
—Amanda Fortini Alec Soth, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2022
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After that, a video retrospective showed Tainy’s childhood in San Juan.
—Juan J. Arroyo, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2024
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The career retrospective has already logged a record 1,130 weeks – and counting – on the Official Chart.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 3 Jan. 2024
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The first retrospective of Donatello in 35 years was always going to be an event.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2022
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Steve Keene, possibly the world’s most prolific painter, is hard at work, even though the gallery’s hosting a retrospective of his work.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2022
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It may not be called a retrospective, but that’s semantics.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2022
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In the spring, the Jewish Museum in New York gave him his first museum retrospective.
—Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
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Showing new work instead of a show based on a retrospective has a kind of practical reason.
—Vogue, 8 Sep. 2023
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They were bound for a retrospective of his work at New York’s Guggenheim Museum.
—Sarah Medford, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2023
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One is a retrospective of his works, mingled with artists he’s influenced by.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 30 Apr. 2023
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While some retrospectives serve as a rubber stamp on a designer’s legacy, this one is a bit more open-ended.
—Véronique Hyland, ELLE, 8 Sep. 2023
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For the career retrospective, the Bring It On actress chose a sophisticated spin on a cozy sweater dress while dipping her toe into the naked dress trend.
—Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Nov. 2022
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But Usher decided to do a retrospective of his long and accomplished career and who can blame him.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 13 Feb. 2024
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Broadway composer Jason Robert Brown is in the midst of a vibrant retrospective.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2023
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In a conversation that touched on all three plays, Shanley revealed that the accidental retrospective isn’t the only reason his life has been flashing before his eyes recently.
—Darryn King, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024
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One afternoon my sister and I saw a retrospective for Sarah Lucas, the contemporary British artist renowned for her commentaries on gender, death, and sexuality.
—Hazlitt, 14 Feb. 2024
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