afterthought

Example Sentences

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For the past few years, central processing units, or CPUs—the core engines of most computers, from laptops to smartphones to data-center servers—have been something of an afterthought in the world of artificial-intelligence computing.

From The Wall Street Journal

"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

They are not an afterthought starch; they are structural.

From Salon

Yet Norris, who idolized John Wayne as a child, became an actor as an afterthought.

From Barron's

These stairs were an afterthought in this curious old house.

From Literature