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rear-view mirror

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noun

  1. a mirror on a motor vehicle enabling the driver to see traffic coming behind him or her

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A smudged fingerprint on the rear-view mirror has also never been matched.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Maybe he can help the Fed be less dependent on government data that looks in the rear-view mirror.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Dressed in white and with a rosary hanging from her car's rear-view mirror, she drove through the city but became trapped in traffic.

From Barron's Nov. 7, 2025

It was only later, after the pandemic receded into our collective rear-view mirror, that I recognized another, underlying reason I talked money so much in the teeth of my frustration and fear.

From Salon Mar. 11, 2025

Macon glanced at his daughter through the rear-view mirror.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

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