hindsight
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As much as I enjoyed the golfing relationship, I’m grateful I never became a client because, in hindsight, I no longer believe the friendship was authentic.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
There was this whole ‘90s nostalgia going around because in hindsight the ‘90s right now seems like a much simpler time.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
"Obviously, the financial terms, in hindsight, didn't work out very well."
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
"I think in hindsight he needed a team that could do more of that follow-up."
From BBC • May 5, 2026
It is quite another to condemn all use of hindsight and to insist that the past should only be presented ‘in its own terms’.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing hindsight
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Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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