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In retrospect
Prepositional phrase
Word Frequency:
4.7
Definitions
1.
Prepositional phrase
When looked back upon as a past event; as can be seen now, but not at the time.
"Trying to expand the business into the Middle East was doomed to failure. In retrospect, we shouldn't have bothered."
Synonyms
hindsight
retrospectively
retrospective
retrospection
regretting
regretted
reflect on
regretful
regrets
regretter
regret
realization
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