post hoc

Example Sentences

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But rather than abandon this dumb-as-nails talking point, right-wing media has been working overtime trying to backfill the "woke banks" gambit with post hoc rationalizations.

From Salon

Biogen concluded the key to effectiveness was giving patients a high-enough dose, but critics howled, with one calling the analysis “a post hoc dumpster dive operation.”

From Washington Post

"I think he understands that no one can take the election from the voters with this type of aggressive and extreme post hoc legislation."

From Salon

When you examine something in a post hoc analysis of a non-pre-determined endpoint, boy, can you be led down the garden path.

From Science Magazine

"But her reasoning bears little relationship to that of her predecessor and consists primarily of impermissible 'post hoc rationalization.'"

From Salon