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hindsight

[hahynd-sahyt] / ˈhaɪndˌsaɪt /


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In hindsight, we can safely say each of those was a dip worth buying.

From MarketWatch Aug. 17, 2026

Now, however, I am a senior citizen who can look at events with the benefit of perspective and hindsight, and thus I have decided to forgive Don Nelson.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

In hindsight, Yeager said she had some initial qualms about the rental process, but the person with whom she was dealing reassured her at every point.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

But in hindsight, I was optimizing for a travel lifestyle that I wasn’t really living, and I would have been better off picking a card that offered more of what I needed: free cash.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 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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