afterglows

Definition of afterglowsnext
plural of afterglow

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Noun
  • Unlike Diller’s, hers was laid-back and authoritative, with echoes of Miranda Priestly (another stylish doyenne with a beleaguered protégée).
    Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
  • There are the faintest echoes of Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre in the Yorkshire Moors setting.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
Noun
  • According to the team, each isotope produces a distinct resonance pattern when exposed to neutron beams across different energy levels.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
  • Niall Horan beams on stage while performing at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Sunderland, England, on May 23.
    People Staff, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • The researchers used ultrabright X-rays at the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan to understand how the structural changes improved ion transport.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026
  • The raycaster works by sending out rays from the player’s position to detect the distance to the first wall the player can see in that line.
    Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026
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
Noun
  • By measuring the elevation angles of the auroras in the images and tracing them along Earth's magnetic field lines, the team reconstructed how high the glowing structures extended into the atmosphere.
    Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 26 May 2026
  • In North America, auroras are typically best observed in March and November, for reasons scientists still don't fully understand.
    Alana Wise, NPR, 16 May 2026
Noun
  • Reporting teams have held back on submitting story pitches about important news topics out of fear of the internal repercussions.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 28 May 2026
  • After being threatened with legal repercussions, the outlet deleted the story in its entirety.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 23 May 2026
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
Noun
  • The failure of New Glenn also has major implications for NASA and its surging efforts to return humans to the Moon before the end of this decade and to establish a lunar base on the surface.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
  • Pope Leo's statement is one of many debates being had in religious circles about the implications of AI and how parishioners should or should not engage with the rapidly growing technology.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 29 May 2026
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“Afterglows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afterglows. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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