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Synonyms for retroactive
ˌrɛ troʊˈæk tɪvretroac·tive
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Princeton's WordNet
retroactiveadjective
descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously
Synonyms:
ex post facto, retroAntonyms:
prospective, proactiveex post facto, retroactive, retroadjective
affecting things past
"retroactive tax increase"; "an ex-post-facto law"; "retro pay"
Synonyms:
ex post facto, retroAntonyms:
prospective, proactive
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
retroactiveadjective
Synonyms:
reflexretroactiveadjective
Synonyms:
retrospective, that affects the past
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The biggest surprise was that it was retroactive.
It’s the American people who pay for loan forgiveness, not the administration, it’s time to call these actions what they are: retroactive free college.
I think everyone agrees on a bipartisan basis those are the three things we must do here at the end of the session -- fund the government, make sure we don't have any retroactive tax increases and follow the tradition of many years which is to pass a National Defense Authorization Act, i'm confident the Senate will do that before we depart for the holidays.
First thing you do is say, people are not paying a water bill for poison water. And that is retroactive, you are playing three times more for poison water than I am paying in Burlington, Vermont, for clean water.
We are pleased with this reversal, while the Department of Buildings has changed its policy on zoning-lot formation going forward, New York Supreme Court correctly recognized that the change was not retroactive and upheld the City's grant of a permit for this project consistent with previously issued guidance.
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