hindsight
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When asked whether she should have tried to arrest him immediately, Quinn said "In hindsight, yes".
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
People have different views of it today, but everything is different in hindsight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
I chose the Vanguard fund for this example not because it has performed particularly well, nor with the benefit of hindsight, but because it is the simplest, most basic stock fund you can buy.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
“In hindsight, you’ll always be able to learn from it. I’ll never hang onto whether you want to say it was a mistake or just different things to be able to kind of change course.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
In hindsight, we find it astonishing that Atahuallpa marched into Pizarro’s obvious trap at Cajamarca.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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