hindsight
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"It's easy to say in hindsight, but I was always unsure about giving the job to somebody with no experience of managing a men's team," Sanders said.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
“In hindsight, it would’ve been better to have tightened policy earlier,” Powell acknowledged in a 2024 interview with “60 Minutes.”
From MarketWatch • May 10, 2026
McClaren recalls Eriksson had “just wanted youth and energy around the squad” but acknowledged that in hindsight, it might not have been the best move given the injury problems that were to come.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
The returns of the buyback aristocrat strategy look solid—although it’s worth noting the index was launched in December 2025, so the returns are hypothetical and benefit from 20/20 hindsight.
From Barron's • May 7, 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
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