afterglows

noun

plural of afterglow
1
as in echoes

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2
as in beams

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for afterglows
  1. echoes
  2. beams
  3. denouements
  4. rays
  5. repercussions
  6. auroras
  7. implications
  8. halos
Noun
  • While not immune to echoes, most people are chatting about the lineup of Czech cheeses, cured meats, and breads on offer.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
  • There’s rarely anything as straightforward as a kick drum, a hi-hat, or even a bassline here; instead, everything is smeared, all origins occulted in a thicket of echoes and reflections.
    — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of echoes
Noun
  • The beams, in a 32-story project at 222 Broadway expected to yield nearly 800 apartment units, had been wrapped in steel as a makeshift fix, the agency said.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
  • Yuri was able to gain more ceiling height by taking away the sheetrock and exposing the ceiling beams.
    — Jennifer Fernandez, Architectural Digest, 30 July 2026
Definition of beams
Noun
  • A number of denouements follow in All That’s Left of You, including a jump forward into 2022, when Hanan and Salim, who now live in Canada, go back to Jaffa and find Salim’s old family home, a run-down oasis of the past in a city determined to forget its history.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
Definition of denouements
Noun
  • About 95 percent of the UV radiation reaching Earth comes in the form of UVA rays, and those rays can come through clouds and even windows.
    — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The lens of these devices concentrates the solar rays and can damage your vision.
    — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of rays
Noun
  • None of these repercussions have shaken the Party’s belief in the transformative power of engineering.
    — Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The loss is expected to trigger repercussions, likely from Roman Reigns, further complicating this ongoing saga and potentially leading to interference in Reigns' upcoming championship defense.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of repercussions
Noun
  • But if geomagnetic storm activity ramps up, more states could experience auroras.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 30 July 2026
  • The town of Churchill is also located below the auroral oval, a region centered around Earth’s magnetic poles where auroras most persistently occur.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2026
Definition of auroras
Noun
  • All that has significant implications for the companies that build data centers and the governments that want them to be built.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • And the factors pushing people out of the labor force have implications beyond workers paying for everyday essentials, including stunting career trajectories and impacting long-term retirement savings.
    — Sarah Jackson Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of implications
Noun
  • Historically, shoppers relied on design strategies — halos, clusters and chunkier settings — to create the illusion of size.
    — Lauren Fisher, Footwear News, 20 May 2026
  • Guests brought to life looks that referenced papal garments and displayed biblical artifacts like crosses, angel wings and halos.
    — Luis Giraldo, CBS News, 4 May 2026
Definition of halos
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