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
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.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2023
The heart’s four valves — two for each side — each sport cartilage leaflets that must be supple enough to open wide with forward flow, then billow closed to stop backwash.
—Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 18 June 2022
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
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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.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2023
The heart’s four valves — two for each side — each sport cartilage leaflets that must be supple enough to open wide with forward flow, then billow closed to stop backwash.
—Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 18 June 2022
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backwash
Noun
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That could lead to a lot of very bad outcomes including death.—
Brian Mann,
NPR,
13 Aug. 2025
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Critics say Trump’s policies could be leading to the very outcome some US strategists have long sought to avoid.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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After cooling, the resultant solid was ground into powder to produce the final pigment.—
Jay Kakade
June 14,
New Atlas,
14 June 2025
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Meanwhile caretakers are concerned with something that can be even more challenging to address: the psychological trauma resultant from years of abuse in captivity.—
Ryley Graham,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 June 2025
Noun
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Padres relievers had the better game, but the Kershaw-Vásquez result was a two-run deficit.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Aug. 2025
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Still, analysts said, the spike in wholesale prices may be the result of factors unrelated to tariffs.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The consequences are easy to spot: • Technology is being deployed faster than teams can adapt.—
Erik Greenstein,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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But the consequences are not confined to those states.—
Daniel Chang,
Miami Herald,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The stevia and monk fruit products were mislabeled.—
Amber Brenza,
Health,
8 Aug. 2025
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Consider Priya, a high-performing marketing lead who transitioned into product strategy.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In the aftermath of that war—which cost as many as 600,000 lives, including hundreds of thousands of civilians, and left a dismal legacy of displacement and destruction—a peace agreement was supposed to bring new stability to the region.—
Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Aug. 2025
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Perhaps more significantly, unlike Eddy Arnold (whom Colonel, even in the aftermath of their bitter break-up, still considered to have been a true partner), Snow had a vision of the future that was built entirely on the past.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Backwash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backwash. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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