post hoc

Example Sentences

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They never consider, for a moment, the phrase "post hoc ergo propter hoc."

From Salon

Another security factor could come from improving post hoc detectors that look for inadvertent artifacts of AI generation.

From Scientific American

After repeated poisonings, the chemical systems could “learn” to nail down the timing of manufacturing an “antidote”—wielding it both preemptively and post hoc—to survive the chemical threat.

From Scientific American

“The committee has a right to refuse the transaction being considered, but it rarely conducts oversight post hoc,” the report said.

From Washington Times

Beware of any rumor that seems to embrace such post hoc reasoning about a detail you never thought about before.

From Seattle Times