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The Britannica Dictionary retrospect 1 ENTRIES FOUND:

• retrospect (noun)

retrospect /ˈrɛtrəˌspɛkt/ noun retrospect /ˈrɛtrəˌspɛkt/ noun Britannica Dictionary definition of RETROSPECT

in retrospect

: when thinking about the past or something that happened in the past

• In retrospect, I made the right decision.
• What is interesting in retrospect is how wrong our assumptions were.

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