as in outcome
a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause
a general recession was the backwash of the crisis in the housing market
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Recent Examples of backwash
Long story short, more bleach was applied and my hair started to melt away in straggly clumps at the backwash.
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Humeara Mohamed,
refinery29.com,
7 June 2024
Below them, harbor seals appeared in the backwash of coves.
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Elaine Glusac,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Apr. 2024
The earliest object is an exquisite 1951 painting by the late Lee Mullican, once a UCLA professor, its knife-edge rays of shimmery golden light emerging from a central core to summon the birth of new worlds in the era’s backwash of hydrogen bombs and Holocaust.
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Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2023
This backwash, otherwise known as acid reflux, can wreak havoc on the lining of your esophagus and cause that burning sensation in your throat.
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Lashieka Hunter,
Men's Health,
21 Dec. 2022
See All Example Sentences for backwash
Humeara Mohamed,
refinery29.com,
7 June 2024
Below them, harbor seals appeared in the backwash of coves.
—
Elaine Glusac,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Apr. 2024
The earliest object is an exquisite 1951 painting by the late Lee Mullican, once a UCLA professor, its knife-edge rays of shimmery golden light emerging from a central core to summon the birth of new worlds in the era’s backwash of hydrogen bombs and Holocaust.
—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2023
This backwash, otherwise known as acid reflux, can wreak havoc on the lining of your esophagus and cause that burning sensation in your throat.
—
Lashieka Hunter,
Men's Health,
21 Dec. 2022
See All Example Sentences for backwash
Recent Examples of Synonyms for backwash
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The report found some shelter programs cost significantly more to operate than others, but due to incomplete and inconsistent data, auditors were unable to determine whether higher spending translated into better outcomes.
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The findings have since been replicated across multiple follow-up analyses and extended to include women, cognitive outcomes and blood pressure.
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Pakistan has traditionally run large fiscal and external deficits, with a resultant rise in public debt.
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The vessel’s owner and master will assume full responsibility for any resultant damage, the PGSA said.
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As a result, the concept of animal rights was non-existent and people were free to treat animals like any other inanimate property.
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Whatever the reasons, the result is somewhat ironic.
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Two wars in as many years with Israel — both launched on other’s behalf but with outsized consequences borne here — have resulted in thousands of dead, a million-plus displacement crisis and the leveling and occupation of wide swaths of the country.
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This is a direct consequence of one of the transformer architecture’s defining attributes.
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Analysts see it as a step toward requiring AI developers to take greater accountability for their products.
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The stubborn fire at the 500,000-square-foot food-product storage facility started on Wednesday.
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“Backwash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backwash. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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