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, consuming five cocktails with five different types of alcohol probably wasn’t the smartest, since the actors then had to head to another event. —

Emily Longeretta, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024 These became clear to me in hindsight and should be immediate red flags: Editor’s picks 1. —

Sonia Singh, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2024 Now, that whole franchise has been rendered awkward in hindsight by McCarthy’s subsequent turn into vaccine denialism. —

Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024 The dominance of automobiles and the infrastructure that supports them over many decades only seems inevitable in hindsight. —

Nir Eisikovits, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hindsight