afterglow

noun

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1
as in denouement

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as in beam

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as in gratification

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Recent Examples of afterglow New Yorkers are still basking in the afterglow of the Knicks’ first NBA title in 53 years, so this week’s rye whiskey cocktail is for them. — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 20 June 2026 In November 2004, NASA launched the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to study gamma-ray bursts and monitor the afterglow in X-ray and UV/visible light at the location. — David Szondy june 18, New Atlas, 18 June 2026 Unfortunately, once your brain starts readapting to its familiar surroundings, the afterglow starts to fade. — Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 17 June 2026 Hailey Bieber, like the rest of New York City, is basking in the afterglow of the Knicks’ Saturday night NBA finals win—their first since 1973. — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 16 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for afterglow
Recent Examples of Synonyms for afterglow
  1. denouement
  2. beam
  3. gratification
  4. aftershock
  5. aurora
  6. contentment
  7. fallout
  8. halo
Noun
  • Any larger Hollywood studio would have likely insisted on a grander finale, but The Death of Robin Hood, produced by A24, left me pondering the foolishness of my need for such a denouement.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
  • Margaret’s leadership also makes possible the movie’s titular dénouement, the revelation of the footage that will offer the world proof of the presence of alien life.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 16 June 2026
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  • All have the particular quirks – wooden beams or quaint tiny windows – of a centuries-old property.
    — Jonathan Samuels, TheWeek, 17 July 2026
  • In 2023, after a park visitor noticed a broken Fury 325 support beam, the coaster closed for six weeks that summer.
    — Catherine Muccigrosso July 17, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026
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  • While these are modern requirements in the for-profit space, nonprofits are not immune to the same expectations, as consumer behavior demands instant gratification.
    — Catherine LaCour, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Rohmer’s great literary achievement is twofold—artistic success and worldly failure—which gave rise to his cinema of substitute gratifications, second chances, and miraculous redemptions.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
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  • When aftershock data is available, the corresponding maps and charts include earthquakes within 100 miles and seven days of the initial quake.
    — William B. Davis, New York Times, 9 July 2026
  • Every time there is an aftershock—and there have been many—my mother calls me.
    — Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026
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  • The short summer nights (and this week’s first quarter moon) may make faint aurora harder to see, with lingering twilight reducing the contrast required to spot a glow low on the northern horizon.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • The 1859 Carrington Event, the strongest geomagnetic storm on record, disrupted telegraph systems around the world and pushed auroras from their usual high-latitude skies near the Arctic and Antarctic to locations as far south as the tropics.
    — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 17 July 2026
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  • But do all this with the knowledge of what brings you contentment—and start charting your course now.
    — Scott Snider, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Barefoot in jeans and a T-shirt, the rock legend is the picture of contentment as waves ripple through the pool behind him from a breeze off the Atlantic.
    — Jeff Nelson, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026
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  • Once-firm support for Israel has eroded within parts of the Democratic Party in the fallout from the war in Gaza.
    — Joey Cappelletti, Fortune, 19 July 2026
  • The bulk of the campus had been quickly converted after its previous occupant went down in the fallout from the dot-com bust.
    — Claire Stapleton, New Yorker, 18 July 2026
Definition of fallout
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  • They’re called haptic halo wheels and they’re mounted on the steering wheel.
    — Greg Migliore, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • While presented as angelic—note the halo on the first slide—Fox’s photo shoot definitely featured some demonic undertones.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 16 July 2026
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