afterglows

noun

plural of afterglow
1
as in echoes

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2
as in beams

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  1. echoes
  2. beams
  3. denouements
  4. rays
  5. repercussions
  6. auroras
  7. implications
  8. halos
Noun
  • But Thomas Tuchel took those echoes and put a colossal microphone in front of them, cranking up the decibels to make this failure worse than the others.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 16 July 2026
  • Whatever its international echoes, the exhibition incited local responses by far-right entities.
    — Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 10 July 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
  • The gambrel-roof’s shingles were pegged into roof beams rather than nailed, and the lath that held its plaster walls together was woven in place rather than nailed, according to an architectural survey of the county.
    — Mark Price July 17, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026
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  • 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
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  • They’ve been seen, for example, corralling schools of rays, creating waves to push penguins from ice blocks and extracting the livers of white sharks.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 23 July 2026
  • In the human body, thick bones absorb the most X-rays, and appear white on the resultant image.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 July 2026
Definition of rays
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  • The open threat to kill the president was widely criticized, but Bakhshi is not known to have faced any legal repercussions.
    — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • Most of all, the repercussions are felt by students, who receive a very clear message about which stories their community considers dirty or deviant.
    — Sophia Nguyen, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026
Definition of repercussions
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  • During the current cycle, strong geomagnetic storms have repeatedly sent auroras far beyond their usual polar skies.
    — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 17 July 2026
  • This follows recent vivid auroras on July 3-4, and a new moon on July 14 will provide darker skies.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of auroras
Noun
  • But scientists said the rollback could have serious implications for endangered species.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
  • June and July are typically the quietest months of the season, but this shear has been a major roadblock and could have implications for the peak months, too.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Definition of implications
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  • 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
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