hindsight

Example Sentences

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My generation got to witness all three in their prime, but only in hindsight can we fully appreciate their accomplishments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

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 I would rather we’d never have gone,” Atkinson told me.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

"I do concede in hindsight, if a sample of head hair had been taken, if nothing else, would have at least alleviated some of the fears of the families," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Kuhn’s distinction between two types of science was too neat, but his basic approach was sound: sometimes, as we have seen, one discovery leads to another in a way which is, with hindsight, entirely inevitable.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton