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Recent Examples of afterimage
Fire to create an afterimage of yourself that projects a beam of light in Valorant.
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Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
The digital detectors used by the camera suffered from an issue called quantum efficiency hysteresis, or QEH—when WF/PC took an image of a bright object, there was an afterimage left behind that would mess up later observations.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Jan. 2025
In addition to reversing the color of an image, afterimages can convince your brain that an object has changed in shape or size.
—Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
But then the mystery more or less fades from view, to be replaced by another that comes and goes in a flash but lingers like an afterimage.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
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Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
The digital detectors used by the camera suffered from an issue called quantum efficiency hysteresis, or QEH—when WF/PC took an image of a bright object, there was an afterimage left behind that would mess up later observations.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Jan. 2025
In addition to reversing the color of an image, afterimages can convince your brain that an object has changed in shape or size.
—Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
But then the mystery more or less fades from view, to be replaced by another that comes and goes in a flash but lingers like an afterimage.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for afterimage
Noun
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Carrey portrays Ebenezer Scrooge, a cantankerous, greedy old man visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who show him the error of his ways.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
11 Dec. 2025
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Thomas Pynchon’s latest novel, Shadow Ticket, set in 1932 Milwaukee, takes place in a landscape of industrial ghosts, strike-breakers, fascist sympathizers and absurdist cabals.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Dec. 2025
Noun
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There’s no strange aftertaste, no fishy flavor, and no texture issues.—
Rita Templeton,
Flow Space,
15 June 2026
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These character endnotes, whether they’re read as youthful naiveté or an insulting interpretation of youthful naiveté, contribute to the finale’s bitter aftertaste.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
1 June 2026
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The characters’ stick-figure proportions feel all the more glaring next to the complexity and generosity of Jud, whose insistence on his innocence is clouded by the shadow of his guilty past.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
11 Dec. 2025
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As a second act, it was also destined to live in Folklore’s shadow — especially after the latter took home Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
11 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The echoes of 1997 are unmistakable.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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The echoes of crashing ocean waves have the same effect.—
Judith Garrison,
AJC.com,
9 June 2026
Noun
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And the vestiges of Old Globes DNA in their system ensures many worthy contenders still get left out.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
8 Dec. 2025
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Kansas City’s Reparation Coalition is launching a fundraising campaign to produce a documentary and educate Kansas Citians about how the vestiges of slavery in Missouri and systemic racism disenfranchised Black residents here.—
Mara Williams,
Kansas City Star,
12 Nov. 2025
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The National Archives will run his archives and loan artifacts to the Chicago site, but the Obama Center will remain a nonprofit entity, with its exhibits under its control.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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This could be an artifact of childhood trauma.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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In New York, auction house Sotheby’s brought some remembrances of those times to collectors, offering a selection that spans decades.—
Denny Alfonso,
New York Times,
12 Dec. 2025
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Some of those remembrances were for people who lived in the Kansas City area or Texas, where Mahomes grew up.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
10 Dec. 2025
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“Afterimage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afterimage. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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