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Recent Examples of wavelet
Its wavelets lap enticingly at our feet, but the breaker that might truly knock the breath out of us never comes.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2025
For example, complex analysis is used to manipulate wavelets, or small oscillations in data.
—William Ross, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2025
Does the little surge of Trump dances across sports represent a wave, or at least a wavelet, of athletes declaring their allegiances for the President-elect?
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024
And importantly, the agency says, despite these wavelets of illness, severe outcomes like hospitalizations and deaths have been dropping since 2020 and 2021.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
Some of these gravity waves were caused by air flowing from the northwest over the Appalachians and Alleghenies, which caused downstream wavelets, like ripples downstream of stone in a river.
—Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
Now a little rill of wavelets across the surface of the flood was the only thing that marked the river’s usual borders.
—Brooke Jarvis, New York Times, 31 May 2023
The word has a natural lilt, a melody that builds to a pitch and gently subsides like a wavelet breaking on a Mediterranean shore.
—Paul Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2023
The wave turned out to be more of a wavelet, with a Senate still so evenly split that control may not be decided until a Dec. 6 run-off in Georgia between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2022
Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2025
For example, complex analysis is used to manipulate wavelets, or small oscillations in data.
—William Ross, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2025
Does the little surge of Trump dances across sports represent a wave, or at least a wavelet, of athletes declaring their allegiances for the President-elect?
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024
And importantly, the agency says, despite these wavelets of illness, severe outcomes like hospitalizations and deaths have been dropping since 2020 and 2021.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
Some of these gravity waves were caused by air flowing from the northwest over the Appalachians and Alleghenies, which caused downstream wavelets, like ripples downstream of stone in a river.
—Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
Now a little rill of wavelets across the surface of the flood was the only thing that marked the river’s usual borders.
—Brooke Jarvis, New York Times, 31 May 2023
The word has a natural lilt, a melody that builds to a pitch and gently subsides like a wavelet breaking on a Mediterranean shore.
—Paul Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2023
The wave turned out to be more of a wavelet, with a Senate still so evenly split that control may not be decided until a Dec. 6 run-off in Georgia between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wavelet
Noun
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On the water, target current breaks, pools, and deep riffles where trout will wait and ambush their food.—
Max Inchausti,
Field & Stream,
12 June 2024
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Sandbars and rock bars and gravel bars could be broken down into a full taxonomy describing their size and shape and orientation: chains and traps, riffles and reefs.—
Boyce Upholt,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 June 2024
Noun
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The Leave-In Conditioner delivers weightless hydration and frizz control, allowing curls and coils to retain moisture and definition throughout the day.—
Essence,
Essence,
13 May 2025
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Pickens is one of the league’s best go-ball receivers and has feasted on hitches, curls and comebacks.—
Ted Nguyen,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
Noun
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In the batting order for the first time after missing most of the season because of an upper-body injury, Taylor Stephens followed with a slow roller into right field — just soft enough for Bragg to beat the tag at third while Stephens stepped into second.—
Anthony De Leon,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2025
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This is where hot rollers are sold — or used to be.—
Sherry Kuehl,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2025
Noun
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In the scope was one of the many tiny fish bones that were found that day, probably belonging to a small comber or a wrasse.—
Paul Greenberg,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Dec. 2022
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The destructive combers continued to undermine dwellings near the water’s edge at West Newport Beach.—
Scott Harrison,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Sep. 2019
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The recent drop from over $80 per barrel in January to around $60—a level far below the kingdom's break-even price—has sent ripples through the country's finances.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 May 2025
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But Pantheon also estimates that this benefit will be canceled out — on a national level — by the hit to oil producers, who will cut spending and hiring, sending ripples through the economy.—
Camila Domonoske,
NPR,
6 May 2025
Cite this Entry
“Wavelet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wavelet. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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