on second thought

Example Sentences

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Or, on second thought, maybe it wouldn’t be a surprise.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2025

The program’s true intentions are revealed in the 10th criteria of its first two answers to my question—Cost, then, on second thought, Availability.

From Slate • Sep. 26, 2023

The Commanders’ own version of this may be the “Redskins Rule,” which, on second thought, probably warrants a new name after the former moniker was retired.

From Washington Times • Aug. 25, 2022

Muñiz playfully gave the overall five-year experience a passing grade of C-plus — maybe even a B-minus, on second thought, “because it did the job.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2022

Even though he’d told me, Okay, Mila, we'll stop doing whatever were doing, it was as if he’d said: Actually, on second thought?

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee