Thesaurus results for AFTERIMAGE

afterimage

noun

Definition of afterimage

as in ghost

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Recent Examples of afterimage 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 The afterimage of any one scene lasts in the human visual system for fractions of a second, Banna says. — Charlotte Hu, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2024 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 See All Example Sentences for afterimage

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Noun

Swift is a ghost of girlfriends past haunting Johnson in the video, sleeping in bed next to her, knocking drinks over to warn her to leave her ominous partner.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026
What in the zeitgeist lends itself to this burgeoning fascination with ghosts and the afterlife?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of ghost

Noun

This can result in sensitive data leakage and the unauthorized use of AI tools, creating shadow AI.

— Eleonora Liapina, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Congress does bear real responsibility here, and too many of my colleagues are afraid of their own shadows on this issue.

— Don Bacon, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of shadow

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The looks were presented in pairs to highlight affinities, variations and visual echoes that reflect the designers’ methodology and approach rooted in the principle of duality.

— Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026
In this remarkable portrait, what caught my attention, aside from her fashionably pale complexion and its echo in the delicate white tones of her dress, is a certain sense of restraint.

— Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of echo

Noun

The avocado green kitchen—once considered an outdated vestige from the ’70s—is now back in fashion, and design experts are totally digging the retro vibe.

— Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Sep. 2026
Again, this is a sort of vestige of the Venetians, and [a result of] our being put on the spice trail by the Venetians.

— Shannon McMahon, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of vestige

Noun

Buckle up for Seven of Nine exploring a remote cluster of uncanny exoplanets, strange alien artifacts, long lost civilizations, and trippy paranormal anomalies.

— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2026
When images of Lamashtu appear on Mesopotamian artifacts, she is generally depicted as an animal, with some anthropomorphic features.

— Eleanor Johnson, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of artifact

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The Azerbaijan Grand Prix is a rare F1 race on a Saturday because it was moved to avoid a clash with a national day of remembrance in the country on Sunday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
Country stars Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are donating proceeds of the day from their Low Places Bar & Honky-Tonk to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library as part of Nashville’s day or remembrance.

— Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026

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