hindsight
noun
hind·sight
ˈhīn(d)-ˌsīt 
: perception of the nature of an event after it has happened
In hindsight, it's clear there were alternatives.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
Examples of hindsight in a Sentence
It's easy for us to say that the war was wrong, but we have the advantage of hindsight.
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Chemical claims In hindsight, that investment may have portended the beginning of the end of the OG Thinx, says one longtime employee.
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Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 28 May 2024
In hindsight, the company’s rapid rise was enabled by the once-in-a-generation circumstances of the pandemic allowing for fast-track approval of its product.
—San Diego Union Tribune, Orange County Register, 23 May 2024
Drones are cheaper than tractors In hindsight, agriculture was an obvious market, Erickson says, even in the United States, where spraying with herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers is typically done using large tractors.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 May 2024
There’s also an earlier wife, Amy (Penelope Mitchell), married in what hindsight suggests was a moment of youthful impulsiveness.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
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Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 28 May 2024
In hindsight, the company’s rapid rise was enabled by the once-in-a-generation circumstances of the pandemic allowing for fast-track approval of its product.
—San Diego Union Tribune, Orange County Register, 23 May 2024
Drones are cheaper than tractors In hindsight, agriculture was an obvious market, Erickson says, even in the United States, where spraying with herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers is typically done using large tractors.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 May 2024
There’s also an earlier wife, Amy (Penelope Mitchell), married in what hindsight suggests was a moment of youthful impulsiveness.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
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“Hindsight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hindsight. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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hindsight
noun
hind·sight
ˈhīn(d)-ˌsīt
: realization of the meaning or importance of an event only after it has happened
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