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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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Families are turning dinner into an activity by using pizza dough or premade crusts to mold fun, spooky shapes, like ghosts, pumpkins, and bats, before topping them with sauce, cheese, and all their favorite fixings.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Oct. 2025
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The Chicago Tribune reported that the empty lot where Gacy's house once stood became a tourist attraction for true crime fans and ghost hunters in the 1980s.—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Each scoop adds body and creaminess to smoothies and keeps you full until lunch without any chalky aftertaste or gritty texture.—
Olivia Tarantino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 Oct. 2025
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Team Europe may have made history at Bethpage Black, but their 15-13 Ryder Cup victory on American soil came with a bitter aftertaste.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Step into the shadows with a Conway Ghost Walk and hear the tales of ghosts that haunt the streets.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
11 Oct. 2025
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Divers have told tales of muffled voices, phantom lights and shadows, and other eerie encounters during their time beneath the sea.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
11 Oct. 2025
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Obama’s 2015 appearance is central to WTF’s mythology and to podcasting lore in general, so bringing him back provides a neat poetic echo to end the show.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
15 Oct. 2025
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Worries are particularly high about companies in the artificial-intelligence industry, where pessimists see echoes of the 2000 dot-com bubble that imploded.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
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Each slab operates like a sedimentary layer of personal grief, a vestige of vast killing fields.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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The comeback began with Garrett Whitlock, the last vestige of the pitching staff from Boston’s most recent playoff run, taking the mound for the eighth inning.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
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This isn’t the first time in recent years that the University of Münster has facilitated the return of historical artifacts to Greece.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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The landowner, who happened to be an avid collector of Native American artifacts, retrieved the skull and promptly reported the find to Chief Deputy Dan Becker on June 2, 2025.—
Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
17 Oct. 2025
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This portrait became a symbol of comfort and remembrance for her family and the wider community.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
11 Oct. 2025
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The day should not go by without one more remembrance and appreciation of Diane Keaton.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Afterimage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afterimage. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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