Definitions for hindsight
ˈhaɪndˌsaɪthind·sight

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1. hindsightnoun

   understanding the nature of an event after it has happened

   "hindsight is always better than foresight"

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1. hindsightnoun

   Realisation or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred

   When you read "Seven Little Rabbits" at age 6 and read it again 15 years later, the hindsight you've developed in the time between will make you look at and think of the book much differently than you did the first time!

2. hindsightnoun

   The rear sight of a firearm

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1. hindsight

   Hindsight bias, also known as the knew-it-all-along phenomenon or creeping determinism, is the common tendency for people to perceive past events as having been more predictable than they actually were. People often believe that after an event has occurred, they would have predicted or perhaps even would have known with a high degree of certainty what the outcome of the event would have been before the event occurred. Hindsight bias may cause distortions of memories of what was known or believed before an event occurred, and is a significant source of overconfidence regarding an individual's ability to predict the outcomes of future events. Examples of hindsight bias can be seen in the writings of historians describing outcomes of battles, physicians recalling clinical trials, and in judicial systems as individuals attribute responsibility on the basis of the supposed predictability of accidents.In some countries, 20/20 indicates normal visual acuity at 20 feet, from which derives the idiom "hindsight is 20/20".

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1. hindsight

   Hindsight refers to the understanding or realization of an event or situation after it has happened or developed. It's often referred to as the ability to understand, from a later perspective, an earlier occurrence or situation, typically with the realization that one could have handled it better with the knowledge that is now available.

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1. Hindsight

   Hindsight is the second album by rapper John Reuben, released on May 21, 2002.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hindsight in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hindsight in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of hindsight in a Sentence

1. Gina Haspel:

   While I won't condemn those that made those hard calls, and I have noted the valuable intelligence collected, the program ultimately did damage to our officers and our standing in the world, with the benefit of hindsight and my experience as a senior Agency leader, the enhanced interrogation program is not one the CIA should have undertaken. The United States must be an example to the rest of the world, and I support that.

2. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio:

   I don't think George Bush would have moved forward on the invasion and he certainly wouldn't have congressional authority, but the presidents don't have the benefit of hindsight. You have to make difficult decisions based on the information that's before you at that moment.

3. Gordon Sondland:

   With 20/20 hindsight, now that we have the transcript of the call, the Bidens were clearly mentioned on the call, but I wasn't making the connection with the Bidens.

4. Tom Hardy:

   In hindsight, I was in over my head in many ways, the pressure on both of us was overwhelming at times. What she needed was a better, perhaps more experienced partner in me. … I’d like to think that now that I’m older and uglier, I could rise to that occasion.

5. Joshua Levy:

   What they did do is they contracted withChristopher Steele. … This experienced British intelligence official came back with a report. That now in hindsight looks quite accurate.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hindsight
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hindsight
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindsight
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hindsight