after-action

English

Etymology

after +‎ action

Adjective

after-action (not comparable)

  1. (of a report, analysis, etc.) Written retrospectively on a given sequence of goal-oriented actions previously taken, especially if by the author himself.
    • 2021 March 20, “In City After City, Police Completely Mishandled Black Lives Matter Protests”, in The New York Times‎:
      More than a dozen after-action evaluations have been completed, looking at how police departments responded to the demonstrations — some of them chaotic and violent, most peaceful — that broke out in hundreds of cities between late May and the end of August.

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