afterthought
Example Sentences
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The Trojans have become afterthoughts in a market they once owned, and they only have themselves to blame.
From Los Angeles Times
Cantor Fitzgerald, the former firm of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, has long been an afterthought on Wall Street.
And she knew it: For the rising star, persona came first, and reality was an afterthought.
She said before the first film, nails had been an "afterthought".
From BBC
It’s such a humble invitation, almost an afterthought, and yet it’s the first time anyone in the story has offered The Creature anything without fear or revulsion.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
