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Recent Examples of wavelet
Pipe those wavelets of foie gras feculence over to neighboring Surfside, a two-bathroom kind of town with waste pipes galore.
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Pat Beall, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 June 2025
Its wavelets lap enticingly at our feet, but the breaker that might truly knock the breath out of us never comes.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2025
The band, created by a bunch of teenagers in 1984, was starting to make wavelets in its tiny musical niche when its singer, Per Ohlin (nom de metal: Dead), died by suicide in 1991, at age 22.
—Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 22 Mar. 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
Pat Beall, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 June 2025
Its wavelets lap enticingly at our feet, but the breaker that might truly knock the breath out of us never comes.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2025
The band, created by a bunch of teenagers in 1984, was starting to make wavelets in its tiny musical niche when its singer, Per Ohlin (nom de metal: Dead), died by suicide in 1991, at age 22.
—Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 22 Mar. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wavelet
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The brown trout of a lifetime that just sipped your fly can shoot down a riffle and bust that delicate 6-pound tippet.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
19 June 2025
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Here’s a general guideline of the classification of rapids, according to author I. Herbert Gordon: Class I: Easy, slower water with light riffles.—
Morgan Tilton,
Denver Post,
8 June 2025
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Blanco layered on some gold chains and wore his signature locks in fluffy curls.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
21 Jan. 2026
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The statement-making lip stood out underneath her cherry cola curls, which shielded her eyes from the camera.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
21 Jan. 2026
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If your dog loves to nap in the same spot, such as a place where sunlight streams in for a few hours each day, use a lint roller on it a few times a week to prevent any buildup.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Jan. 2026
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And the judgments may have be fairly granular, noting the difference in price trajectory between robotic forklifts and roller tracks.—
Bill Conerly,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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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
Noun
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Behind every orbit, black hole, and cosmic ripple lies a theory that explains how the universe works.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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February 19 – March 20 A tender ripple can become a tidal wave of momentum.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Wavelet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wavelet. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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