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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Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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—Tom Bowman, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
The idea Sorensen drew on paper in early 1941, to break the bomber into sub-assemblies, add motion, and let the line do the work, sounds obvious in hindsight.
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—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 24 Aug. 2025
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Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Even in hindsight, many of the officials NPR talked to defended the pier and the airdrops, saying that there was a feeling within the administration that every bit of aid, no matter how costly or inefficient, was worth getting in.
—Tom Bowman, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
The idea Sorensen drew on paper in early 1941, to break the bomber into sub-assemblies, add motion, and let the line do the work, sounds obvious in hindsight.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2025
Jackson State in 2022 and 2021, in hindsight, at least sketched out an idea of what’s to come.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 24 Aug. 2025
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“Hindsight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hindsight. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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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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