Sentence examples for afterthought over from inspiring English sources

The phrase "afterthought over" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It seems to imply that something is no longer considered an afterthought, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "After much consideration, I realized that my initial idea was not just an afterthought over the main plan."
Alternatives: "consideration concluded" or "thought process finished".

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He says he recorded the album almost as an afterthought, over three years, while focusing on other projects.

Latin America has mostly been a geopolitical afterthought over the centuries, but in the 21st century, all resources will be competed for, and none are too far away.

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Long something of an afterthought, an over-subsidized laggard during the infotech boom, agriculture is now a burgeoning bright spot in a largely troubled economy.

Then, almost as an afterthought, he leaned over and kissed his mother on the cheek.

And let me explain why Verizon's Boston plan, which we highlighted, represents the 'end game' - to shut off all wires except what the Wireless company will use, (with fiber-to-the-home as an afterthought), to hand over the business to the wireless company, as well as block competitors as these 'new buildouts' are not required to be 'open' to competition.

It's an over-the-top afterthought at odds with Billy Elliot's essence, a paean to classic artistry, not cheap glitz.

For years, California was an afterthought in the battle over the House.

"The Task Force believes that Puerto Rico is too often relegated to an afterthought in congressional deliberations over federal business tax reform legislation," lawmakers wrote.

Or is Hong Kong, for Mr Blair, as for the Tories, an afterthought, a faraway place over which empty attitudes can be struck since the electorate in Basildon couldn't give a toss?

But preserving scenic and historical roads was an afterthought to a culture widening, and paving over, most of its old roads in the '50s though the '70s.

And yet they remain pretty much an afterthought in the public debate over climate change.

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