noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
see
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With the benefit of hindsight it can be seen that the 1980 breakthrough for the Republicans did not herald a realignment.
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In hindsight , I see how untainted and innocent my parents were.
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With hindsight she could see it had been unwise, especially in view of the family history of heart disease.
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With hindsight , one can see how Mr Gorbachev has been preparing the ground for this week's changes.
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With hindsight I can see that I was already predisposed, given the right circumstances, to become anorexic.
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Aided by hindsight , we can see exactly what was happening.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
twenty-twenty hindsight
with the benefit of hindsight/experience
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But let's not get too smart-aleck with the benefit of hindsight.
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Hugh Young, fund manager, admitted that with the benefit of hindsight the original launch was not large enough.
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If I should wander into the uncharted minefield of personal opinion it is only with the benefit of hindsight.
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Neither player took it seriously but, with the benefit of hindsight, both admitted that the offer was probably serious.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But, he says, the studies have the advantage of hindsight .
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Moreover although, with hindsight , such a classification appears scientifically absurd it is zoologically perfectly sensible.
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The historian with the gift of hindsight might wish to counter-assert the greater benefits brought by well-planned public infrastructural investment.
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These are the judgements of hindsight , however.
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These remarks were largely the product of hindsight and of their experiences in office from 1969.
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We, with perfect hindsight , simply question some of its choices.
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With the luxury of hindsight and the safety of not having to go out and do it tomorrow.