as in outcome
a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause
in the U.S. slavery was abolished in 1865, but its aftereffects remained keenly felt long afterwards
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Recent Examples of aftereffect
An installment in which Felix visits his dysfunctional parents—and is flooded with bad childhood memories—serves as a reminder of just how well Dunham writes the decades-long aftereffects of familial instability.
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Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
There have been a lot of events in the past five or six years in Turkey that were expected to wound Erdoğan’s popularity, such as his erratic economic management, or the government’s failure to protect people from the aftereffects of a horrific earthquake in 2023.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
Lingering aftereffects were a factor in his death in 2019 at 58.
—Neil Milbert, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
But the aftereffects of this disaster will likely be felt beyond just the burn zones.
—Lane Brown, Vulture, 3 June 2025
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Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
There have been a lot of events in the past five or six years in Turkey that were expected to wound Erdoğan’s popularity, such as his erratic economic management, or the government’s failure to protect people from the aftereffects of a horrific earthquake in 2023.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
Lingering aftereffects were a factor in his death in 2019 at 58.
—Neil Milbert, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
But the aftereffects of this disaster will likely be felt beyond just the burn zones.
—Lane Brown, Vulture, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aftereffect
Noun
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There are people that put a lot of effort into the outcome of our games, in here and all over the place.—
David O'Brien,
New York Times,
13 Aug. 2025
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That could lead to a lot of very bad outcomes including death.—
Brian Mann,
NPR,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Padres relievers had the better game, but the Kershaw-Vásquez result was a two-run deficit.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Aug. 2025
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Still, analysts said, the spike in wholesale prices may be the result of factors unrelated to tariffs.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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After cooling, the resultant solid was ground into powder to produce the final pigment.—
Jay Kakade
June 14,
New Atlas,
14 June 2025
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Meanwhile caretakers are concerned with something that can be even more challenging to address: the psychological trauma resultant from years of abuse in captivity.—
Ryley Graham,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 June 2025
Noun
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The consequences are easy to spot: • Technology is being deployed faster than teams can adapt.—
Erik Greenstein,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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But the consequences are not confined to those states.—
Daniel Chang,
Miami Herald,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In the aftermath of that war—which cost as many as 600,000 lives, including hundreds of thousands of civilians, and left a dismal legacy of displacement and destruction—a peace agreement was supposed to bring new stability to the region.—
Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Aug. 2025
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Perhaps more significantly, unlike Eddy Arnold (whom Colonel, even in the aftermath of their bitter break-up, still considered to have been a true partner), Snow had a vision of the future that was built entirely on the past.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
5 Aug. 2025
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The driver of the motor vehicle remained at the scene and was not injured, according to Bessette. Road closures were in effect in the area of the crash as the Waterbury Police Department’s Crash Reconstruction Unit investigated the incident, Bessette said.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
13 Aug. 2025
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Beyond the soul-crushing, world-killing effects of AI and big tech, there is something electrifying about going analog and leaning the other way to discover a hidden story, an idea, a spark of inspiration from a book that was shelved by a librarian decades ago.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Aftereffect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aftereffect. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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