backward-looking
adjective
disapproving
: relating to the past : old-fashioned
backward-looking ideas/plans
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Our method isn’t just backward-looking – it can be used to forecast future shortsighted cuts to marketing spending.
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Andre Martin, The Conversation, 19 July 2024
Loan forgiveness has been criticized by many as backward-looking policy.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
Granted, the data doesn’t perfectly align because the CPI is a backward-looking, year-over-year value, while the TIPS inflation expectations are forward-looking and show the average inflation expectation over the next five years.
—Chris Gunster, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Write-downs are backward-looking indicators, but the immediate future doesn’t look particular happy either.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
This was going to be a backward-looking campaign in one way or another.
—Washington Post Live, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
As always with backward-looking reports, a grain of salt is warranted.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 20 July 2024
The dessert menu is just as backward-looking (or, more generously, classic-minded) as the savory offerings: cheesecake with a swash of berry sauce, dark chocolate pot de crème.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024
Regulators often insist on the use of backward-looking data, prohibiting the use of climate models and climate-aware catastrophe models.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 26 June 2024
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Andre Martin, The Conversation, 19 July 2024
Loan forgiveness has been criticized by many as backward-looking policy.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
Granted, the data doesn’t perfectly align because the CPI is a backward-looking, year-over-year value, while the TIPS inflation expectations are forward-looking and show the average inflation expectation over the next five years.
—Chris Gunster, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Write-downs are backward-looking indicators, but the immediate future doesn’t look particular happy either.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
This was going to be a backward-looking campaign in one way or another.
—Washington Post Live, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
As always with backward-looking reports, a grain of salt is warranted.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 20 July 2024
The dessert menu is just as backward-looking (or, more generously, classic-minded) as the savory offerings: cheesecake with a swash of berry sauce, dark chocolate pot de crème.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024
Regulators often insist on the use of backward-looking data, prohibiting the use of climate models and climate-aware catastrophe models.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 26 June 2024
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