hindsight
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Sturgeon accepts that with hindsight she should not have let Murrell continue as SNP chief executive when she became party leader and first minister - although he had started stealing several years earlier.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
"But policymakers would prefer to know about these things in advance rather than discovering them in hindsight."
From BBC • May 13, 2026
"Obviously, the financial terms, in hindsight, didn't work out very well."
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
“With the clarity of hindsight, we could have — and perhaps should have — stopped asset purchases sooner,” Powell said in a speech last year.
From MarketWatch • May 10, 2026
For all the pain I felt that day, in hindsight, I have to imagine that Andrew’s pain was far greater than mine.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
Vocabulary lists containing hindsight
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Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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