hindsight
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"Walking to the ground in Bordeaux and what I find hilarious, in hindsight, is how low our expectations were."
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
In hindsight it probably was a penalty - we probably did get it wrong - but we called it honestly.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
I didn’t specifically say Venice, and in hindsight, I probably should have.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
All financial bacchanals end when an event, often minor but only obvious in hindsight, sets off an uncontrollable chain reaction.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
And, like a mail-order snow shovel that gets lost by the post office and finally turns up in July, the gift of hindsight always arrives too late to be of practical use.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing hindsight
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Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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