Definition of Retroactively
taking effect from a date in the past
Examples of Retroactively in a sentence
The woman’s pay raise will be applied retroactively, so that she will receive extra funds all the way back to June. 🔊
Because he was found to be a traitor to his country, the soldier’s benefits were stripped retroactively to his first date of service. 🔊
The city council added the agreement retroactively, and it went into effect as of 2012. 🔊
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