hindsight
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“Maybe it was frustrating at the time. In hindsight, it doesn’t really matter. If you’re a good player, you’ll keep playing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
In hindsight, Yeager said she had some initial qualms about the rental process, but the person with whom she was dealing reassured her at every point.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
All financial bacchanals end when an event, often minor but only obvious in hindsight, sets off an uncontrollable chain reaction.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
But he accepts that, in hindsight, the difficulty they are going through this year has its roots in their success.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
The famous one, famous only in hindsight, was the stick person dragging a square by a rope—a suitcase with wheels?
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
Vocabulary lists containing hindsight
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Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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