hindsight
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That pullback doesn’t look so strange in hindsight.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
In hindsight, he said, the story of Rico, a teenager trying to measure up to the demands of fatherhood while being ill-equipped and lacking maturity to navigate the situation constructively, carried personal undertones.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
However, he told the inquiry "the benefit of hindsight should not conflate" what his assessment was of Calocane at the time.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
“In hindsight, what this has done for our community, I am truly sorry, what it’s done to my family, my wife, my children.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
In hindsight, what I had done was glaringly stupid.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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