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, one can wonder if these choices were wise.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 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

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