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post factum

[pohst fak-tuhm] / poʊst ˈfæk təm /
ADJECTIVE
ex post facto
Synonyms
WEAK
attendant done afterward posterior postmortem retroactive retrospective sequent subsequent succeeding

Example Sentences

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As the only copy of Pinckney's plan was furnished years afterwards to Madison for his journal, it is possible that some of its wisdom was of the post factum variety.

From The Constitution of the United States A Brief Study of the Genesis, Formulation and Political Philosophy of the Constitution by Beck, James M. (James Montgomery)

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