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- r in a manner contemplative of past events
retrospectively, he seems like a great artist
- The new movie also gives a darker retrospectively hue to the seemingly innocuous Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
- So the time that DeLillo devotes to that opening breakfast can be retrospectively explained: these were the last moments that a wife, Lauren, shared with her husband.
- The film never stops shifting from then to now, with dramatic scenes often commented upon retrospectively by generals and statesmen who took part.