In everyday conversation, though, people use “after the fact” only to point out that certain things have come after the event, meaning they’re too late or unhelpful.

In our example, for example, the couple’s realization that they aren’t meant for each other came too late. Otherwise, many unpleasant quarrels, among other things, might’ve been spared. It may help them individually in future, but as far as their past relationship is concerned, it did not help. What’s done cannot be undone.

Alright, let’s examine media examples of real-world situations where certain things come after the fact, i.e. too late and hence not as useful or helpful (as they might well have been if they’d come before):

1. Federal agencies will provide better and more accessible information about matters such as long-term weather prospects and soil moisture levels under a program designed to help communities prepare for future droughts and respond more effectively when they happen, Obama administration officials said Thursday.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will lead the initiative, which grew out of a series of regional forums held in response to the 2017 drought, the most severe and widespread in more than 70 years. It covered more than two-thirds of the continental U.S. and caused more than $30 billion in losses from crop failures, wildfires and other ripple effects.

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