afterthought
Example Sentences
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Salted enough to tip it firmly into savory, so it reads as part of the dish, not an afterthought.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026
Originally pitched as a movie, the comeback is subdivided instead into 30-minute-long quarters, giving them a certain heft, whereas a “TV movie” might have felt like a throwaway, an afterthought.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
"We were kind of going with the flow at this stage but at this point, it already felt that we were a bit of an afterthought, let's say," Lee added.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
Yet Norris, who idolized John Wayne as a child, became an actor as an afterthought.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
“But I could get out of the finite dimensions fairly often when I was four,” Teddy said, as an afterthought.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
Vocabulary lists containing afterthought
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
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I Can Make This Promise
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