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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
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Three species of bats inhabit the site, and supernatural events—including the appearance of the gamekeeper’s ghost and the wail of a banshee—have been reported.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
22 May 2026
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Sam immediately puts forth the ghosts, hoping that their deaths on the property might be enough.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 May 2026
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One editor found the aftertaste to be very off-putting.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
15 May 2026
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So did a 38-3 Rose Bowl loss to Indiana that ended Alabama’s season, leaving the aftertaste of the program’s worst loss since 1998 in players and coaches mouths.—
David Ubben,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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The patio umbrella in question is perfectly oversized to cast a cool shadow over your entire lounge area.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
23 May 2026
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The best lunar views actually come when the moon is only half-lit or slightly gibbous, when long shadows carve dramatic detail across craters, mountains and vast lava plains along the lunar sunrise line.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
22 May 2026
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The incident — with a few uncomfortable echoes of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic — has sparked concerns and questions.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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Viewers can expect this tale of neocolonialism with echoes of #MeToo to leave a sour taste in their mouths.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
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The law does not mention the races of affected landowners, though White South Africans own a disproportionate share of the country's land, in a vestige of the apartheid system.—
Camilo Montoya-Galvez,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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In a follow-up exam conducted six years after the infection, vestiges of the virus’s RNA were found in the man’s semen.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
15 May 2026
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Many of the artifacts were visiting the United States for the first time.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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The artifact was found on the grounds of Vindonissa, a major Roman legionary camp.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2026
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Memorial Day is commemorated with ceremonies, flags, parades and moments of remembrance across the United States.—
Xavier Mascareñas,
Sacbee.com,
20 May 2026
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More The Wednesday unveiling coincided with the complex’s 50th anniversary, and the pageantry acted as a remembrance for two Atlanta titans who helped etch the building into city legend — Tom Cousins and Ted Turner, both of whom died within the past year.—
Zachary Hansen,
AJC.com,
20 May 2026
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“Afterimage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afterimage. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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