would have been

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was supposed toExpected but didn't
nearlyAlmost but incomplete
hypotheticalAssumed but unproven
regretSorrow over past actions
hindsightRecognition after the fact

could have been · alternate · imagined · unrealized · potential · lost · missed · counterfactual · wistful · what if · conditional · past · possibility · different · alternate reality · longing · nostalgia · parallel

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would have beenwas

Had being once

were · had been · is · became · will be

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