Sentence examples for or retroactively from inspiring English sources

A backronym (or retroactively applied acronym) for "Non-Educated Delinquent"?

And everything is subject to review by the league, which means that flagrants are often upgraded, downgraded or retroactively assessed.

Swift government intervention reduced the calamity to a severe recession but did not erase the unaffordable home loans or retroactively create an easily followed mortgage paper trail.

Drivers can pay the fee either in advance or retroactively up to midnight on the day they enter the charged zone.

Of course sitting home and letting Sanford lose wouldn't have rolled back the sexual revolution or retroactively forced Bill Clinton to resign.

But Mr. Hevesi said the board never delegated that authority or retroactively approved Mr. Turan's actions, which the auditors said was required.

The visibility is also a disincentive; players can be fined or banned retroactively for fouls that the referee may have missed the first time around.

Several deductions and credits coveted by small businesses have been renewed, expanded or reinstated retroactively, said Carl J. Giardino, managing director of the tax group at the CBIZ MHM consulting firm.

The EPA's vendetta against GE also undermines the rule of law, going against our legal tradition of not punishing people or entities retroactively for behavior that was once lawful.

However, there are exceptions such as, for example, a specific statement that the new standard applies retroactively, or it decriminalizes the conduct in question or prohibits certain punishments, or it specifically addresses an issue of fundamental fairness at trial.

It can choose to ignore this advisory vote, or it can try to revise management's pay either retroactively or for this year.