retro-operative

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adjective

affecting or operating on past events; retroactive

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Words nearby retro-operative

retrolental, retrolental fibroplasia, retrolingual, retromingent, retronym, retro-operative, retropack, retropulsion, retroreflective, retroreflector, retrorocket

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How to use retro-operative in a sentence

“It seems to me that the operative questions are political and strategic, not legal,” said the former administration official.
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“That was a good sign,” said one operative helping to lay the groundwork for a Hillary run.
The Race to Be Hillary’s Karl Rove|David Freedlander|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Make way not for ducklings but for relentless darkness: so the operative mantra goes.
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“I was delighted to collaborate,” he said in the interview with Retro Report.
Bringing El Salvador Nun Killers to Justice|Raymond Bonner|November 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Familiarity with search-engines helps, a strange quirk of working in this retro medium.
Blurred Lines at NY Sketchbook Museum|Daniel Genis|November 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The conception of the relation of this institution with them as co-operative makes headway slowly.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
This system, as already stated, became operative in most districts during June, 1915.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
Still another kind of war credit bank was created on the co-operative plan to assist the middle and lower classes.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
Democracy, let us grant it, is the best system of government as yet operative in this world of sin.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
Further to the east, as we shall find in due course, may be seen the low vaulted retro-choir or ambulatory of one bay.
Bell's Cathedrals: A Short Account of Romsey Abbey|Thomas Perkins