So every year they lower the numbers a little bit, and retroactively change the estimates of what it used to be.

But the real power of a script is the way it can retroactively change the story about what happened.

One concerned language that retroactively changes a key filing deadline.

That the playing field is different now is something I allow for at the end of the piece, and this condition doesn't retroactively change the historical arc.

The term has a negative connotation since it is a technique which allows an author to attempt to retroactively change what he or she said.

Parliament can retroactively change any contracts by any agencies made by the former government.

Personally I doubt retroactively changing what is in effect a financial contract with members of the public would get through the courts.

But it will be complicated to retroactively change customers' account information.

George Orr, a draftsman, has long been abusing drugs to prevent himself from having "effective" dreams, which retroactively change reality.

If it is approved, the variance would retroactively change the zoning on the building site so that a 31-story building would be allowed.