afterglows

Definition of afterglowsnext
plural of afterglow

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Noun
  • The drone also incorporates an acoustic shield to dampen noise from its own propellers, enabling clearer detection of echoes.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026
  • There were also subtle echoes to Alessandro Michele’s influence throughout—a welcome nod from Demna, one that bridges past and present while setting the tone for the next Gucci chapter.
    Laura Jackson, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Shinichi Atobe’s arresting house and techno beams with inimitable candor, built from bright, phlegmatic loops that run on an eccentric internal logic.
    Maxie Younger, Pitchfork, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The work involved the removal and replacement of floor beams and repairs to center lock components of the drawbridge.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The latter creates a beautiful interplay of light and dark, allowing the sun’s rays to effortlessly pass through it.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Another discovery was a new chimaera — also known as a ghost shark or rat fish — a type of animal related to sharks and rays, which have cartilaginous rather than bony skeletons.
    Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 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
  • Now, using the unmatched power of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a new study reveals that the real reason behind this illusion is a self-sustaining loop driven by Saturn’s own auroras.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada shared this dramatic timelapse of the weekend auroras.
    Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 23 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • That escalation can have serious repercussions for borrowers, including court judgments that could lead to frozen bank accounts in certain cases.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Rising tensions in the Middle East are causing significant global economic repercussions, disrupting essential trade routes and supply chains, and driving up the costs of fuel, fertilizer and food.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Chinese lanterns hover above their heads like red halos.
    Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Hence, physicists have inferred that galaxies are embedded with vast haloes of dark matter that extend far beyond their haloes of stars.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • How the game is aired will have implications for the way audiences perceive the sport.
    Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
  • If the pair pull it off, the implications could be massive, revealing AI’s potential to convincingly resurrect and reinvent our cinematic history — a potential that before the tech had remained firmly theoretical.
    David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026
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“Afterglows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afterglows. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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