Afterthought
noun
Something you add or mention at the last moment.
She told me just as she left that she wasn't coming back - it was an afterthought.
Often appears as...
- an afterthought
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noun
A later or secondary thought, reconsideration, or addition.
His apology seemed more like an afterthought than a genuine expression of regret.
Often appears as...
- an afterthought
- as an afterthought
noun
Something you add or mention at the last moment.
She told me just as she left that she wasn't coming back - it was an afterthought.
Often appears as...
- an afterthought
- as an afterthought
noun
A later or secondary thought, reconsideration, or addition.
His apology seemed more like an afterthought than a genuine expression of regret.
Often appears as...
- an afterthought
- as an afterthought
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Casual Additions
Use 'afterthought' to indicate a casual, sometimes unimportant, addition to a conversation or text.
He added her name to the invitation list as an afterthought.
Pro Tip 2/3Sudden Realization
'Afterthought' can express a sudden realization that comes after the main event or decision.
Oh, she might need a ride too, I guess that was an afterthought.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-priority
'Afterthought' often suggests that something is not a priority and was considered only later.
The decorations were an afterthought; the party was all about the music.
Pro Tip 1/3Casual Additions
Use 'afterthought' to indicate a casual, sometimes unimportant, addition to a conversation or text.
He added her name to the invitation list as an afterthought.
Pro Tip 2/3Sudden Realization
'Afterthought' can express a sudden realization that comes after the main event or decision.
Oh, she might need a ride too, I guess that was an afterthought.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-priority
'Afterthought' often suggests that something is not a priority and was considered only later.
The decorations were an afterthought; the party was all about the music.
Pro Tip 1/3Casual Additions
Use 'afterthought' to indicate a casual, sometimes unimportant, addition to a conversation or text.
He added her name to the invitation list as an afterthought.
Pro Tip 2/3Sudden Realization
'Afterthought' can express a sudden realization that comes after the main event or decision.
Oh, she might need a ride too, I guess that was an afterthought.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-priority
'Afterthought' often suggests that something is not a priority and was considered only later.
The decorations were an afterthought; the party was all about the music.
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Michel Laberge: How...
with the fusion energy. When you make fusion, the energy comes out as neutrons, fast neutrons comes out of the plasma. Those neutrons hit the wall of the machine. It damages it. And also, you have to catch the heat from those neutrons and run some steam to spin a turbine somewhere, and on those machines, it was all a bit of an afterthought.
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Jonathan Zittrain: The...
It was going to be totally traditional. He would pay people money because he was feeling like a good guy, and the money would go to the people and they would write the articles. The wiki was introduced so others could make suggestions on edits -- as almost an afterthought, a back room.
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How climate change...
as the environments we've known become more punishing towards us. And whether you have children or not, we need to be honest about what is happening, and what we owe one another. We cannot afford to treat the psychological impacts of climate change as some afterthought,
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How AI could become an...
Tell us, is this reading your thoughts, will it in five years, is there a weaponized version of this, what does it look like? So our first design principle, before we started working on this, was to not render ethics as an afterthought.
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And finally, why we code matters. We've used tools of computational creation to unlock immense wealth. We now have the opportunity to unlock even greater equality if we make social change a priority and not an afterthought.
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i was suddenly covering that from washington dc i mean i remember i was living in the suburbs of dc and driving in while everyone else in the city was driving out and then i was sent kind of as an afterthought to cover the
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Why Entrepreneurship...
Yet the pearl-producing towns of Zhejiang and places in rural Indiana, where online pearl parties flourish, they don't just exist as an afterthought, waiting to become cities one day. As online pearl parties show,
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The political progress...
is to no longer be an afterthought. We don't want to continue to try to, like, look at the next 100 years and be granted, grudgingly, small legal rights and accommodations. We simply want true and full equality.
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Michel Laberge: How...
with the fusion energy. When you make fusion, the energy comes out as neutrons, fast neutrons comes out of the plasma. Those neutrons hit the wall of the machine. It damages it. And also, you have to catch the heat from those neutrons and run some steam to spin a turbine somewhere, and on those machines, it was all a bit of an afterthought.
Video examples
Jonathan Zittrain: The...
It was going to be totally traditional. He would pay people money because he was feeling like a good guy, and the money would go to the people and they would write the articles. The wiki was introduced so others could make suggestions on edits -- as almost an afterthought, a back room.
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Grumbo! PIPE National...
tech scrummage grumbo gar gumbo well you got to be kidding me can i grab that yep sure I didn't know I gotta see this stuff and then like an afterthought but I snuck this pot of gumbo behind the lady come from I was like what's that oh that's just some gumbo we just have that
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How climate change...
as the environments we've known become more punishing towards us. And whether you have children or not, we need to be honest about what is happening, and what we owe one another. We cannot afford to treat the psychological impacts of climate change as some afterthought,
Video examples
How AI could become an...
Tell us, is this reading your thoughts, will it in five years, is there a weaponized version of this, what does it look like? So our first design principle, before we started working on this, was to not render ethics as an afterthought.
Video examples
How I'm fighting bias in...
And finally, why we code matters. We've used tools of computational creation to unlock immense wealth. We now have the opportunity to unlock even greater equality if we make social change a priority and not an afterthought.
Video examples
Documenting Democracy PIPE...
i was suddenly covering that from washington dc i mean i remember i was living in the suburbs of dc and driving in while everyone else in the city was driving out and then i was sent kind of as an afterthought to cover the
Video examples
Why Entrepreneurship...
Yet the pearl-producing towns of Zhejiang and places in rural Indiana, where online pearl parties flourish, they don't just exist as an afterthought, waiting to become cities one day. As online pearl parties show,
Video examples
The political progress...
is to no longer be an afterthought. We don't want to continue to try to, like, look at the next 100 years and be granted, grudgingly, small legal rights and accommodations. We simply want true and full equality.
Video examples
Exclusive Sneak Peek PIPE...
yeah the only thing chemical philosophy and the afterthought well only about meaning to use very only honor of stopping him hunting and shooting let's now go back to the other life before
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Frank Deford
American Writer
It was not that long ago when the accepted wisdom in football was that the running game had to be established - that was always the obligatory verb: established - before passes could become effective. My, we know how that has changed. Now the pass is established from the get-go, and running is an afterthought.
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Samin Nosrat
American Chef
It's easy to discount water's importance in the kitchen. After all, it has no flavor, and more often than not, it's left off ingredient lists, making it seem like an afterthought. Yet water is an essential element of almost everything we cook and eat, and it affects the flavor and texture of all our food.
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Luvvie Ajayi
Nigerian Author
Through my school years, I learned more about slavery, anti-black racism, and oppression in the U.S., and my blackness could no longer be an afterthought. I started wearing it proudly, and as my consciousness deepened, so did my love for black folks.
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Benjamin Tucker
American Activist
Defence was an afterthought, prompted by necessity; and its introduction as a State function, though effected doubtless with a view to the strengthening of the State, was really and in principle the initiation of the State's destruction.
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Tom Malinowski
The advancement of democracy and human rights is as serious a business as anything we do in our foreign policy and cannot be treated as an afterthought in our relations with great powers.
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Zephyr Teachout
American Lawyer
Women's voices need to be in politics, and shaping politics from the very beginning, not serve as an afterthought.
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Bernard Malamud
American Novelist
I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought.
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Melvin Van Peebles
American Actor
Before me, music soundtracks were sort of afterthoughts.
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Nick Price
Zimbabwean Golfer
The technology backbone is no longer an afterthought.
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Norman Cousins
American Author
We will not have peace by afterthought.
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Frank Deford
American Writer
It was not that long ago when the accepted wisdom in football was that the running game had to be established - that was always the obligatory verb: established - before passes could become effective. My, we know how that has changed. Now the pass is established from the get-go, and running is an afterthought.
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Samin Nosrat
American Chef
It's easy to discount water's importance in the kitchen. After all, it has no flavor, and more often than not, it's left off ingredient lists, making it seem like an afterthought. Yet water is an essential element of almost everything we cook and eat, and it affects the flavor and texture of all our food.
Quote examples
Luvvie Ajayi
Nigerian Author
Through my school years, I learned more about slavery, anti-black racism, and oppression in the U.S., and my blackness could no longer be an afterthought. I started wearing it proudly, and as my consciousness deepened, so did my love for black folks.
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Benjamin Tucker
American Activist
Defence was an afterthought, prompted by necessity; and its introduction as a State function, though effected doubtless with a view to the strengthening of the State, was really and in principle the initiation of the State's destruction.
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Tom Malinowski
The advancement of democracy and human rights is as serious a business as anything we do in our foreign policy and cannot be treated as an afterthought in our relations with great powers.
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Zephyr Teachout
American Lawyer
Women's voices need to be in politics, and shaping politics from the very beginning, not serve as an afterthought.
Quote examples
Bernard Malamud
American Novelist
I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought.
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Melvin Van Peebles
American Actor
Before me, music soundtracks were sort of afterthoughts.
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Nick Price
Zimbabwean Golfer
The technology backbone is no longer an afterthought.
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Norman Cousins
American Author
We will not have peace by afterthought.
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