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retroactively

[ re-troh-ak-tiv-lee ]

adverb

  1. in a way that includes or refers to events that happened before the relevant rule, decision, or other measure came into effect:

    One other state has just passed a Racial Justice Act, but it doesn’t allow any of the inmates now on death row to file claims retroactively.



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  • non·ret·ro·ac·tive·ly adverb
  • un·ret·ro·ac·tive·ly adverb

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In addition to retroactively adding sponsorships to editorial videos, it began to cut back on its video volume by phasing out what one employee called “filler content.”

From Digiday

Twitter will no longer restrict the New York Post’s account on its platform after changing its practice of not retroactively overturning past enforcement actions.

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If it turns out that these states were successful in the courts by saying you have to pay retroactively, then this would cost the insurance industry huge amounts of money, billions of dollars.

How much the national polling margin changed between 15 days before the presidential election and Election Day, since 1972The averages listed are calculated retroactively based on FiveThirtyEight’s current polling average methodology.

Facebook executives said such language, including the words “army” and “battle” would be prohibited in the future, but the ad will not be removed retroactively.

They want Lawrence to suck it up and smile for the camera, however retroactively.

If the women were duped, that consent can retroactively be denied.

Consequently, the December COLA increase would have to be paid retroactively.

Let's not lose sight of the other leg--the I-was-CEO-I-wasn't-in-charge-I-retired-retroactively-but-I-still-got-paid leg.

Besides, Gillespie said, Romney 'retired retroactively' from Bain once he was done working on the Olympics.

Retroactively the demand for mystery, which is the very soul of interest, must find new expression.

Waldeck-Rousseau had intended not to apply his law retroactively.

Such patterns, circumscribed by human self-constitution in the natural and cultural context, are significant only retroactively.

In other words, was the principle, newly recovered, to be applied retroactively?

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