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Recent Examples of retroactive
The tax would have required affected companies, predominantly big U.S. technology firms, to pay up to $3 billion to the Canadian government, including retroactive charges dating back to 2022, according to the U.S.-based Computer & Communications Industry Association trade group.
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 30 June 2025
The Computer & Communications Industry Association, representing major tech firms, said that the tax will require companies to pay up to $3 billion in payments, including retroactive charges going back to 2022.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 27 June 2025
The move is retroactive to June 28 and marks Cruz’s second stint on the IL this season.
—Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 30 June 2025
The agreement is retroactive to Jan. 1, 2025, and workers will also get a $500 lump sum bonus.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 27 June 2025
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 30 June 2025
The Computer & Communications Industry Association, representing major tech firms, said that the tax will require companies to pay up to $3 billion in payments, including retroactive charges going back to 2022.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 27 June 2025
The move is retroactive to June 28 and marks Cruz’s second stint on the IL this season.
—Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 30 June 2025
The agreement is retroactive to Jan. 1, 2025, and workers will also get a $500 lump sum bonus.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retroactive
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Among the events scheduled are a House Ways and Means hearing on crypto tax policy, a Dodd-Frank retrospective touching on decentralized finance, and ongoing closed-door meetings between Senate staff and industry stakeholders.—
Becca Bratcher,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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As a result of the confusion, retrospective press accounts have blended events from July 17 and 18 into a single narrative that may never be sorted out.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
9 July 2025
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More analytic services will also be offered, including CPO market reports, sales trends and more.—
Roberta Naas,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The method by which these investigations were conducted will be well known to psychoanalysts and analytic patients.—
Louise Glück,
The New Yorker,
4 Jan. 2025
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Located in the tiny town of North Haven, the elegant estate was designed in close collaboration with architect William J. Reese and draws heavy inspiration from the work of Japanese master Tadao Ando, whose signature style favors elemental materials, clean geometry, and a kind of meditative calm.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
8 July 2025
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For example, the HeartMath Institute focuses on establishing personal, inner coherence between heart and brain waves and, from there, establishing group coherence in a meditative practice that spans the globe.—
Ginny Whitelaw,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Faculty at Ivy League and other top schools are encouraged to revisit their course policies regularly, experiment with new pedagogical methods, and guide students through the process of using AI in responsible, reflective ways.—
Christopher Rim,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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On July 5, the low angle of the sun will cast prominent shadows along the eastern rim of the impact crater, while highlighting reflective debris streaks known as ejecta rays that were cast out during its creation some 800 million years ago.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
5 July 2025
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Released in March, the 14-track project does sound simultaneously disorderly and controlled, at once bursting at the seams and laced with moments of contemplative chill.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
3 July 2025
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This immensely slow-moving and contemplative energy joins us into Leo season, which starts when the sun enters this confident fire sign on July 22.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 July 2025
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The show ran for two seasons. 07 of 18 Sean Penn and Hopper Penn Sean Penn and Robin Wright's son, Hopper — pictured here with sister Dylan — shares his father's pensive stare and has opened up about his no-nonsense parenting style while growing up.—
Lydia Price,
People.com,
11 June 2025
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His subtle direction also basks in critical moments of silence: a smoke break outside the classroom, the frustrated focus during an exam, and the pensive, haunting opening and closing image of Marjan looking out through semi-transparent curtains.—
Christian Lewis,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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As a member of the Don Callis Family, winning the TNT Title is a logical next step.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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There is no logical reason why you should not be entitled to retroactive benefit payments.—
Elliot Raphaelson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 July 2025
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“Retroactive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retroactive. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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