reverberation

noun

re·ver·ber·a·tion ri-ˌvər-bə-ˈrā-shən

: an act of reverberating : the state of being reverberated

: something that is reverberated

: 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 that scheme are still being felt more than 15 years later, as the latest payout totaling about $158 million was announced in December 2023. —

Eva Rothenberg, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024 Those romantic reverberations can be dangerous, as Brumbaugh pointed out. —

Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2024 The House approved a $1.2 trillion spending package Friday hours before a midnight government shutdown deadline, pressing the Senate against a ticking clock to pass the measure and setting off reverberations that threatened the GOP’s brittle House majority. —

Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024 How does reverberation mapping differ from, say, what the Event Horizon Telescope did to obtain direct images of black holes? —

Michael Greshko, Quanta Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024 It’s been three months since Hollywood’s dual strikes finally ended, with SAG-AFTRA reaching a deal some six weeks after their WGA counterparts, but the reverberations are continuing across the pond. —

K.j. Yossman, Variety, 7 Feb. 2024 Trump’s comments on TikTok have had immediate reverberations on Capitol Hill, where Republicans who had for years called for prohibiting the app over concerns that ByteDance might be controlled by Chinese authorities were torn between their loyalty to the former president and their prior positions. —

Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024 Altman’s firing kicked off reverberations throughout the tech industry where Altman had been the face of generative AI. —

Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2024 The potentially great wealth handover will likely have reverberations in the job market, economy, real estate and lifestyles of the recipients of this largess. —

Jack Kelly, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024

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