Definition of "after-the-fact" []

• Alternative spelling of after the fact. (adjective)

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• "In a June 3 Federal Register notice, the Department of Transportation announced that the FAA will begin releasing after-the-fact flight data on jet travel on Aug. 2, unless the plane's owner can provide the agency with a "Certified Security Concern" memo explaining why the aircraft's flight patterns should be excluded from the public databases."
• "It's not that police are entirely removed from camera ticketing -- they still must view the photo and stamp their final approval on the final approval -- but the judgment of public officials is removed and after-the-fact."
• "He suggests that after-the-fact remediation of our current educational problems is neither cost effective, economically efficient, nor fiscally prudent in the long run."