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hindsight

[hahynd-sahyt] / ˈhaɪndˌsaɪt /


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Hindsight has yet to catch up with that one.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025

Hindsight being 20/20, I would have just kept Kevin Fredericks, which was my Facebook name, but I think KevOnStage is cool as a moniker.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

These barriers are known in behavioral economics as "friction," said Dan Ariely, a psychology and behavioral economics professor at Duke University and a founding member of the Center for Advanced Hindsight.

From Salon • Feb. 10, 2025

"Hindsight is 20/20, but even mathematicians call these creative strategies 'tricks,'" Padilla said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2024

Hindsight permits us to listen to the debate of 1790 with knowledge that none of the participants possessed.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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