Example sentences for: retrospectively

How can you use “retrospectively” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Her example would not only retrospectively discredit Jones and Willey, it would protect Clinton by prospectively discrediting any women who might come forward in the future.

  • Of course, Lacan's life here is being read retrospectively, partly through the prism of his writings, whereas he was living it prospectively (we have to remember, given that Lacan's work was the theorizing of life stories, that he himself never knew what was going to happen next).

  • We recognize the difficulties of adding new descriptors and updating the existing controlled vocabulary because searching for a new concept requires a dynamic thesaurus while searching retrospectively requires stability and continuity [ 35 ] . Fortunately, the National Library of Medicine implements changes to the MeSH thesaurus in MEDLINE retrospectively.

  • Prestroke functional status is assessed retrospectively by the study coordinator with the Oxford Handicap Scale [ 32 ] . Acute poststroke functional status is assessed with the Oxford Handicap Scale [ 32 ] , Barthel Index [ 33 34 ] , and Glasgow Outcome Scale [ 35 ] within 48 hours of enrollment.

  • Tumor material, obtained from patients prior to kinase inhibitor treatment for lung cancer, was collected retrospectively for patients on gefitinib, who received 250 mg or 500 mg orally once daily ( n = 24), and prospectively for patients on erlotinib, who received 150 mg orally once daily ( n = 36).


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