hindsight
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“With the clarity of hindsight, we could have — and perhaps should have — stopped asset purchases sooner,” Powell said in a speech last year.
From MarketWatch • May 10, 2026
In hindsight, Spirit couldn’t get costs low enough.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
But Bojorquez contended that the jury was only required to judge Jones based on the information he had in the moment, and not with the benefit of hindsight.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
"I think in hindsight he needed a team that could do more of that follow-up."
From BBC • May 5, 2026
He supposed it made sense in hindsight that a nightmare had impersonated the truth, then settled in his mind.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
Vocabulary lists containing hindsight
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Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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