after-action

English

Etymology

From after +‎ action.

Adjective

after-action (not comparable)

  1. Written retrospectively on a given sequence of goal-oriented actions previously taken, especially if by the author himself. (of a report, analysis, etc.)
    • 2021 March 20, Kim Barker, Mike Baker, Ali Watkins, “In City After City, Police Completely Mishandled Black Lives Matter Protests”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      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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