hindsight

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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

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

These fiduciaries are to be judged by the process they use to select investment alternatives, not second-guessed in hindsight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Why did Atahuallpa walk into what seems to us, with the gift of hindsight, to have been such a transparent trap?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond