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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In hindsight, her mother became obsessed with finding a road that didn’t exist in order to free her family of a curse. —

Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024 Given the heated nature of their rivalry, that was, in hindsight, actually the right call. —

Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024 Twitter executives have defended their actions in 2020 as an attempt to avoid giving incentives for cyberattacks on a presidential campaign, though ex-CEO Jack Dorsey has said that, in hindsight, the company erred. —

David Ingram, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024 In hindsight, clips of guests and Combs himself discussing his parties are, indeed, damning and unsettling to watch. —

Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hindsight