hindsight
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In hindsight, Jackson says he should have phoned the Cabinet Office and asked someone to collect the documents securely.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
In hindsight, I realized he couldn’t look at me as he said it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Today, some of his investments appear better in hindsight than they did when FTX failed and prosecutors accused him of misappropriating billions of dollars in customer funds to go on a huge spending spree.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
In hindsight, he says he wishes he hadn’t been talked into an ARM.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
I say that now in hindsight, because Dennis was afraid to marry me at first.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
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