af|ter|light

af|ter|light
af|ter|light «AF tuhr LYT, AHF-», noun.
1. the glow in the sky after sunset; twilight.
2. Figurative. the period following some event: »

In the afterlight of last November's unpleasantness, some important changes appear to have been made in Senator G. (Harper's).


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