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before-and-after

Definitions

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  • adjective Describing a pair of images showing the difference made by a specified treatment

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Examples

  • We chose a case that had taken place several years earlier but that we could document through before-and-after photographs and a filmed interview with the subject.

    Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011

  • Clicking on an update brings you to a side-by-side before-and-after comparison, highlighting what has been removed from the policy and what has been added.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • For some, it's still a work in progress, but the before-and-after photos are inspiring.

    Chat Leftovers: Pasanda Jane Touzalin 2011

  • In order to have a before-and-after record, a series of high-resolution images were taken using a Sony camera outfitted with a Carl Zeiss lens, the kind favored by plastic surgeons because it does not alter skin tone.

    Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011

  • The first is that the effectiveness of aid is often not evaluated at all; the second is that even when aid is evaluated, the methods are often dubious, such as before-and-after analysis that doesn't take into account variables that have nothing to do with the aid itself.

    Measuring How and Why Aid Works—or Doesn't William Easterly 2011

  • I wish I had more fiction from before my work in journalism to compare before-and-after, but I don't.

    Jodi Compton Answers Questions About Her First Book, The 37th Hour 2010

  • Clicking on an update brings you to a side-by-side before-and-after comparison, highlighting what has been removed from the policy and what has been added.

    EFF launches TOSBack TOS tracker 2009

  • From a before-and-after photo display, we gathered that many of its treasures had been given over to budget-class plate glass and steel facades and additions during the second half of the twentieth century.

    Durango, Durango 2009

  • Or, in the case of those who sent Beachbody their before-and-after-P90X photos, the formerly obese.

    Playing Mix-and-Match With Muscle Moves Kevin Helliker 2012

  • His advice to patients: "Ask for the evidence—and not just before-and-after pictures."

    Fungus Got Your Toes? Zap It Laura Johannes 2011

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