afterclap

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Noun
  • But Fishman and Redford are far more interested in whiz-bang filters and digital effects, distractions to appeal to short-form entertainment devotees, which had the ironic side effect of wildly shortening my interest.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Some current obesity drugs have the side effect of losing muscle mass in addition to fat.
    Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • They were staggered, self-pitying, and seemingly traumatized by the denouement of the Joe Biden years.
    Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The film arrives in the denouement of the megalucrative holiday-movie-release corridor.
    Chris Lee, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • One day prior, on Feb. 1, a 3.3-magnitude earthquake struck 12 miles northeast of Indio — the same spot where a stronger, 4.9-magnitude quake jolted the Coachella Valley on Jan. 19, followed by a swarm of aftershocks and another 4.3-magnitude tremor on Jan. 21.
    Monica Garske, USA Today, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Since the fires, families have been living with aftershocks, trying to hold onto normal.
    Amanda Starrantino, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Plus, the brothers have killed Nakamura, a member of a prominent Japanese crime family, which Soto hints could lead to repercussions.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 5 Feb. 2026
  • What are the potential long-term repercussions of competing in a knee-heavy race with a torn ACL?
    Korin Miller, SELF, 3 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • But as Gottlieb addressed the team after the game, her players burst into spontaneous celebration, flinging water at their coach and soaking in the afterglow of their biggest victory of the season.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The Ducks’ Pat Verbeek could continue basking in the afterglow of an off-the-board lottery pick, winger Beckett Sennecke, that panned out famously.
    Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 18 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • That news came with the implication that the Academy would be expanding its presence on the platform, including giving audiences more access to its private events like the Governors Awards and Oscars Nominees Luncheon.
    Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 5 Feb. 2026
  • There are certain implications.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • That quotation alludes to the many Proustian echoes in Bowen’s story set in an aristocratic Big House during the 1919-21 War of Independence.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
  • This hiring cycle became a monochrome echo of decades past.
    Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
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“Afterclap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afterclap. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.

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