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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The very idea of best practices is rooted in hindsight—lessons learned, mistakes fixed, and processes optimized based on what happened before.
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Nirit Cohen, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
In hindsight, 2017’s Monument Valley 2, an undeniably beautiful iteration of the era-defining original, didn’t push the envelope far enough.
—Lewis Gordon, The Verge, 9 Dec. 2024
Apple’s iPhone 15 was made in India in partnership with long-term Taiwanese manufacturing partner Foxconn, which in hindsight now seems like the test run for the most recent iPhone 16 family.
—Andrew Williams, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2024
In hindsight, the campaigns all divided the vote in ways that only benefited Trump.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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Nirit Cohen, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
In hindsight, 2017’s Monument Valley 2, an undeniably beautiful iteration of the era-defining original, didn’t push the envelope far enough.
—Lewis Gordon, The Verge, 9 Dec. 2024
Apple’s iPhone 15 was made in India in partnership with long-term Taiwanese manufacturing partner Foxconn, which in hindsight now seems like the test run for the most recent iPhone 16 family.
—Andrew Williams, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2024
In hindsight, the campaigns all divided the vote in ways that only benefited Trump.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Hindsight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hindsight. Accessed 22 Dec. 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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