advantage of hindsight
collocation in Englishmeaningsofadvantageandhindsight
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advantage
noun
uk/ədˈvɑːn.tɪdʒ/us/ədˈvæn.t̬ɪdʒ/
a condition giving a greater chance ...
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hindsight
noun[U]
uk/ˈhaɪnd.saɪt/us/ˈhaɪnd.saɪt/
the ability to understand an event or situation only after it ...
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(Definition ofadvantageandhindsightfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There we can see, with theadvantageofhindsight, the changes in group interaction, the process of myth making, and the formation of a new public policy.
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Theadvantageofhindsightand the experience of the intervening four years show that the provisions were inadequate.
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Of course, subsequent events make that statutory gap seem incredible, but that is theadvantageofhindsight.
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In examining this appalling incident, a number of lessons have been learnt, and he has theadvantageofhindsight.
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It may be found with theadvantageofhindsightthat the balance has swung away from him.
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I was well aware of his great knowledge of the subject, and, as he explained, he also has theadvantageofhindsight.
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We may be accused of having theadvantageofhindsight, but perhaps there was room for more foresight.
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It is very easily condemned with theadvantageofhindsight.
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However, we must remember that in attempting to criticise and be censorious—as we must be—we have the enormousadvantageofhindsight.
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We should never forget that, because we are where we are in 1984, we have theadvantageofhindsightover the past 15 years.
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That is theadvantageofhindsight.
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We have the greatadvantageofhindsight.
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It was without theadvantageofhindsight.
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There will be no second guessing, no attempt to review with theadvantageofhindsightdecisions that management has had to take in advance of the audit.
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I enjoyed having theadvantageofhindsight.
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With theadvantageofhindsight, one can construct a case, but taking account of the scientific judgment at the time the decisions that were taken were correct.
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This was a military doctrine that (with theadvantageofhindsight) might have proven a bit rash.
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First, it adds the methodological challenge of reconstruction + and the advantages of hindsight + to the synchronic assessment of norm formation in contact situations.
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This is, of course, easy to say with the advantages of hindsight.
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