hindsight

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But they were important component parts of it, and in hindsight, they told us something important: that women were showing up, online and off, advocating for themselves and each other.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

In hindsight, Gough said, he didn’t raise prices as much or as fast as he should have.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

“In hindsight I would rather we’d never have gone,” Atkinson told me.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

When it comes to student loans, graduate Ben Richmond says "hindsight is a wonderful thing".

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Antietam was over—a name for future history books, a battle at which men in later years, blessed with the advantage of hindsight, would wonder.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt