hindsight
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The kicker, which Calder admits in hindsight is a colossal red flag: He had to pay $12,132 to make the change.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
However, he told the inquiry "the benefit of hindsight should not conflate" what his assessment was of Calocane at the time.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
However, Fatone notes that, in hindsight, his accountant was likely unaware that his regular stream of income was about to be shut off, almost overnight.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026
Although Kim would later obscure and distort the impact Christianity had on his thinking, in hindsight its imprint on his life is unmistakable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Given that this book relies in part on hindsight, many historians will feel justified in condemning it as an example of Whig history.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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