Authorization does not mean after-the-fact ratification.    From Wordnik.com.  [Once Again, Ike Was Right] Reference

Why did the public only learn of this deal after-the-fact?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Tresser: "You Have No Standing": The Story of the Latin School Lincoln Park Land Grab] Reference

Focus groups are essentially after-the-fact testing grounds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ujwal Arkalgud: Marketing Needs To Stop Its BS and Wake Up] Reference

It is near impossible to remember and review after-the-fact.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tim Ferriss: Three Bibles for Clearer Thinking] Reference

And it called relief wells a, quote, "after-the-fact tactic.".    From Wordnik.com.  [BP Sought To Ease Canada's Policy On Relief Wells] Reference

M. O'BRIEN: Yes, but, once again, that's kind of after-the-fact stuff.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 2, 2005] Reference

As an after-the-fact description of his own work, it makes perfect sense.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Man Of The Moment] Reference

So that is why this is not exactly a normal after-the-fact review situation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hillary And Obama Campaigns At War Over Bill's Iraq Comments] Reference

But, to play devil's advocate, those are after-the-fact transparency tactics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily Digest: The Fine Art of Voting Without Knowing] Reference

But check out this quote from Coakley, which has an after-the-fact ring to it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hillary Nabs A Super-Delegate] Reference

KING: But it will be after-the-fact information, not, where we are going tomorrow?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 25, 2001] Reference

And in such "emergencies" there would be quick after-the-fact review by the courts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rep. Rush Holt: What's Really in the RESTORE Act] Reference

The issue is that Hillary shouldn't be demanding to change the rules after-the-fact.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hillary: "I Would Not Accept A Caucus" In Florida And Michigan] Reference

This is all after-the-fact speculation, second guessing, and flat out Bill loathing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Hillary Would Have Made a Terrific Vice President, Bill Notwithstanding] Reference

He yells his anger into the media microphones who are also only there after-the-fact.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ray Hanania: Mayor Daley: Always There With Outrage the Day After Gang Violence] Reference

The best part of the election to me was watching David Gregory's show after-the-fact.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bob Cesca: Pennsylvania Primary: Liveblogging the Results] Reference

This is nothing more than an after-the-fact attempt to try to avoid the death penalty.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 12, 2009] Reference

No other merchant in America can get away with after-the-fact price changes like these.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elizabeth Warren: Special Rules for Credit Card Companies?] Reference

I mean, you have to have a 9/11 to create -- we're an after-the-fact society, aren't we?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 8, 2004] Reference

This is about trying to change the rules after-the-fact, just because Clinton is losing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Florida Dems Circulating Mail-In Plan] Reference

They can't envision a winning strategy, they can only tell us why we lost, after-the-fact.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama-McGovern-Adlai-Stevenson Reading List] Reference

She shouldn't have agreed on it ahead of time and then try to change the rules after-the-fact.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hillary: "I Would Not Accept A Caucus" In Florida And Michigan] Reference

As a biomed person, just to be clear, this sort of after-the-fact data analysis comes up often.    From Wordnik.com.  [House GOPer Accuses Dem Foe Of ... "Grotesque Medical Experiments" On Human Guinea Pigs] Reference

Judging the performance of these executives, however, on an after-the-fact basis seems a bit unfair.    From Wordnik.com.  [Emma Coleman Jordan: An Extraterrestial Bailout? by Yeon Yoon] Reference

I am tired of finding out after-the-fact that he was online and that he didn't say three words to me.    From Wordnik.com.  [jaxraven Diary Entry] Reference

(And note well the absolution after-the-fact bestowed upon cooperating telecommunications companies.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Conniff: CON GAMES: Little Brother Better Watch Out] Reference

The council's website is cryptic in the extreme, not listing members or staff, only speeches after-the-fact.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jackson Williams: Actor Matthew Marsden Hides Right-Wing Political Views] Reference

They work with comments, responses, and after-the-fact interviews, and they cut them together to create dialogue.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 11, 2005] Reference

"At worst, the claims appear to represent an after-the-fact justification for a misguided six-year investigation.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wylys respond] Reference

SPERRY: That sounds like an after-the-fact type of situation that we can't afford to do anymore in this environment.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 3, 2005] Reference

Yeah ... except I can't seem to get my mind off a couple things that don't seem to have those nifty after-the-fact fixes.    From Wordnik.com.  [jaxraven Diary Entry] Reference

And let's not forget the after-the-fact "why did you sit on this for so long, you're supposed to be helping us?" mindset.    From Wordnik.com.  [Liberal Zeitgeist Watch] Reference

This is a clear example of why after-the-fact recalls are not a particularly effective way of dealing with safety problems.    From Wordnik.com.  [After more injuries, Black & Decker again recalls string trimmer] Reference

His judgement is presumed more competent than after-the-fact observers, and only obvious failure of reasonable behavior is culpable.    From Wordnik.com.  [SD: Legislature Raising Money for Abortion Fight] Reference

Is there a-- the FBI, by the very nature of Federal Bureau of Investigation, I guess we always thought they're an after-the-fact agency.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 31, 2002] Reference

Mike Isikoff, is it time to deserve some credit for acknowledging error, or was this more of a series of after-the-fact rationalizations?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Reliable Sources: Year in Review: Blowing the Presidential Election; Elian Obsession; Hounding of Wen Ho Lee; Coming Era of Big Media Mergers - December 30, 2000] Reference

But to turn around after-the-fact, when your candidate is losing so you're trying anything to snare an advantage, is completely unethical.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top Hillary Donor Directly Pressures Dean: "Exercise Some Leadership" On Florida And Michigan] Reference

Periodic after-the-fact briefings by the President to small committees of Congressional leaders would replace judicial oversight entirely.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shayana Kadidal: Spying Smokescreens] Reference