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Recent Examples of afterglow
In the afterglow of Last Rites becoming the biggest horror premiere of the year, HBO made moves on a TV spinoff series.
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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Dec. 2025
Yet the expansion of space that redshifted the afterglow also creates the illusion of slowing down processes.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 9 Dec. 2025
The Jays will likely see a big revenue bump this winter and next year off the afterglow of a tremendous 2025 season.
—Keith Law, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2025
Over the coming weeks, light began to arrive in other wavelengths as well, as close to 100 professional observatories monitored the spectacular afterglow of this neutron star merger.
—Big Think, 13 Nov. 2025
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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Dec. 2025
Yet the expansion of space that redshifted the afterglow also creates the illusion of slowing down processes.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 9 Dec. 2025
The Jays will likely see a big revenue bump this winter and next year off the afterglow of a tremendous 2025 season.
—Keith Law, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2025
Over the coming weeks, light began to arrive in other wavelengths as well, as close to 100 professional observatories monitored the spectacular afterglow of this neutron star merger.
—Big Think, 13 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for afterglow
Noun
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The denouement of the musical bears down, allowing both Barfee and Olive to bring the piece home, and where some of the show’s best music lives.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Emily Brontë resists such a dénouement for Heathcliff.—
Radhika Jones,
New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2026
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To accomplish this, the researchers used a technique called reactive molecular beam epitaxy (MBE).—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Mar. 2026
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Today, accommodations include casita rooms, suites, and a ranch house, outfitted with tile floors, exposed wood beams, and private in-room fireplaces.—
Molly Allen,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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Between ever-evolving technology, social media influence, and a society that thrives on competition and instant gratification, parents these days are stressed.—
Alex Vance,
Parents,
25 Feb. 2026
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In an era of instant gratification and few taboos, how to represent an antique story so entirely conditioned on denial and restraint?—
Anna Gaca,
Pitchfork,
20 Feb. 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,
5 Mar. 2026
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This film, so seemingly unassertive, apparently rambling and plotless, has a devastating impact and aftershock.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2026
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This phenomenon makes the potential for auroras more likely in the weeks leading up to the equinox, the scientists found.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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On Ganymede, the auroras are produced via interactions with Jupiter's vast magnetosphere rather than the solar wind.—
Stefanie Waldek,
Space.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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Their contentment and their connection is undeniable.—
John E. Green,
Time,
1 Feb. 2026
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The most common feelings reflected contentment rather than passion.—
Christine Zhang,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2026
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Vice presidential scholar Joel Goldstein told ABC News that if Vance, seen as a front-runner for the 2028 Republican presidential nomination, were to decide to run for president, the Iran operation would carry its own risks, as the conflict's fallout would be inherited by Vance.—
Hannah Demissie,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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For Hannah, the real-world fallout has already been intense.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
6 Mar. 2026
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Before that awkward post-flight encounter, Liu made an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday night, gifting host Jimmy Fallon a wig emulating her iconic halo hair.—
Daysia Tolentino,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Mar. 2026
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This hunch was borne out when the astronomers found that, even though the globular clusters were languishing in an empty stretch of Perseus, they were surrounded by a halo of glowing matter — a telltale sign of a galaxy.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Afterglow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afterglow. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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