as in outcome
a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause
a general recession was the backwash of the crisis in the housing market
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Recent Examples of backwash
Long story short, more bleach was applied and my hair started to melt away in straggly clumps at the backwash.
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Humeara Mohamed, refinery29.com, 7 June 2024
Below them, harbor seals appeared in the backwash of coves.
—Elaine Glusac, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2024
The earliest object is an exquisite 1951 painting by the late Lee Mullican, once a UCLA professor, its knife-edge rays of shimmery golden light emerging from a central core to summon the birth of new worlds in the era’s backwash of hydrogen bombs and Holocaust.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2023
This backwash, otherwise known as acid reflux, can wreak havoc on the lining of your esophagus and cause that burning sensation in your throat.
—Lashieka Hunter, Men's Health, 21 Dec. 2022
See All Example Sentences for backwash
Humeara Mohamed, refinery29.com, 7 June 2024
Below them, harbor seals appeared in the backwash of coves.
—Elaine Glusac, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2024
The earliest object is an exquisite 1951 painting by the late Lee Mullican, once a UCLA professor, its knife-edge rays of shimmery golden light emerging from a central core to summon the birth of new worlds in the era’s backwash of hydrogen bombs and Holocaust.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2023
This backwash, otherwise known as acid reflux, can wreak havoc on the lining of your esophagus and cause that burning sensation in your throat.
—Lashieka Hunter, Men's Health, 21 Dec. 2022
See All Example Sentences for backwash
Recent Examples of Synonyms for backwash
Noun
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As part of the new effort, the parties will work to establish a new standardized process that allows advertisers to connect outcome information to exposure data via a single integration point, which will support more consistent use.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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The way a leader engages people — how trust is built, how alignment is created, how dissent is handled — ultimately determines whether decisions translate into outcomes.—
Ascend Agency,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026
Noun
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The resultant musical needed greater expansion of character, a gentler, simpler touch, a better sense of authentic teenage angst and a deeper focus on the heart.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
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The resultant panic attack lands her back in the psychiatrist’s office.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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As a result, the central government took drastic steps in 2020 to rein in a freewheeling property sector that once accounted for 30% of the country’s economic activity.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
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In neighboring Uganda, officials said laboratory results confirmed two cases in the capital of Kampala − including one death − among people traveling from Congo with no apparent link to each other.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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Yet, any large-scale damage today would have far greater consequences than in the telegraph age, given the world’s near absolute dependence on data flows through these cables.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
17 May 2026
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The consequences would not be immediate or automatic.—
Ingmar Rentzhog,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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Misiorowski, a product of Crowder College, a junior college in Neosho, Missouri, threw forty-three pitches at a hundred miles per hour or faster during his recent outing against the Nationals.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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The company’s most recent product, Vengrove said, is a six-year-old corn whiskey, in honor of the United States’ 250th birthday.—
Emily M. Olson,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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“Backwash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backwash. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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