reverberation
noun
re·ver·ber·a·tion
ri-ˌvər-bə-ˈrā-shən 
1
: an act of reverberating : the state of being reverberated
2
a
: something that is reverberated
b
: an effect or impact that resembles an echo
Examples of reverberation in a Sentence
the reverberations of her voice
Although the room was very big, her voice could be heard with little reverberation.
Recent Examples on the Web
The reverberations of Saturday’s shooting, likely to be long-lasting and unpredictable, have already begun to reshape the contours of the 2024 race.
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Tyler Pager, Washington Post, 14 July 2024
The 2010 dump of more than 500,000 secret government, military and diplomatic documents and other reports connected to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan caused huge reverberations around the world.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 26 June 2024
What other reverberations might his conviction cause in this hotly contested presidential campaign?
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 June 2024
That assault has already had widespread reverberations, from disrupting the work of government agencies meant to safeguard voting to subjecting researchers studying online harms to harassment and even death threats.
—Shannon Bond, NPR, 26 June 2024
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Tyler Pager, Washington Post, 14 July 2024
The 2010 dump of more than 500,000 secret government, military and diplomatic documents and other reports connected to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan caused huge reverberations around the world.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 26 June 2024
What other reverberations might his conviction cause in this hotly contested presidential campaign?
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 June 2024
That assault has already had widespread reverberations, from disrupting the work of government agencies meant to safeguard voting to subjecting researchers studying online harms to harassment and even death threats.
—Shannon Bond, NPR, 26 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for reverberation
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“Reverberation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reverberation. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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