Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a prospective manner; with reference to the future.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a prospective manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
prospective manner.
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Examples
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Bloomberg can put a referendum on the 2009 ballot and then bring together a coalition to figure out a proposal that asks voters whether they now want to go to three terms prospectively, like federal term limits and Truman.
Mark Green: Bloomberg Should Come to Terms and Resist a Self-Dealing Power Grab 2008
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More than 90 percent were scanned with the most advanced machines and with the latest x-ray trimming technique, called prospectively gated CT.
Reuters: Top News 2010
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More than 90 percent were scanned with the most advanced machines and with the latest x-ray trimming technique, called prospectively gated CT.
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There is no doubt that the section is lawful if applied prospectively, that is, to mortgages issued after the law goes into effect.
The Volokh Conspiracy Eric Posner 2008
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Will the debt financing of $29 million impact kind of prospectively your bonding capacity?
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The Supreme Court never ruled on the constitutionality of this law, but in 2006 it said that this law would be deemed to apply only prospectively to those apprehended in the future and not to those already held.
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010
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I would suppose that this is a factor that could be corrected prospectively, but it is a risk that we should not be willing to undertake based upon past history.
Judge H. Lee Sarokin: Is It Time to Execute the Death Penalty? Judge H. Lee Sarokin 2011
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I would suppose that this is a factor that could be corrected prospectively, but it is a risk that we should not be willing to undertake based upon past history.
Judge H. Lee Sarokin: Is It Time to Execute the Death Penalty? Judge H. Lee Sarokin 2011
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I would suppose that this is a factor that could be corrected prospectively, but it is a risk that we should not be willing to undertake based upon past history.
Judge H. Lee Sarokin: Is It Time to Execute the Death Penalty? Judge H. Lee Sarokin 2011
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I would suppose that this is a factor that could be corrected prospectively, but it is a risk that we should not be willing to undertake based upon past history.
Judge H. Lee Sarokin: Is It Time to Execute the Death Penalty? Judge H. Lee Sarokin 2011
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