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Recent Examples of afterimage
But the virtuosity of its filmmaking is remarkable, and some of the shots that Ân composed (with the help of his cinematographer, Đinh Duy Hưng) have lingered with me like persistent afterimages.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 June 2024
Truth floats around him like afterimages, those dark spots that bob in and out of focus.
—Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
Reported injuries mostly entail eye pain or irritation, flash blindness and afterimages or unspecified eye injuries.
—Catherine Allen, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2024
Bodies — theirs and others — fill in the space, but their afterimage reverberates.
—Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 June 2024
Truth floats around him like afterimages, those dark spots that bob in and out of focus.
—Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
Reported injuries mostly entail eye pain or irritation, flash blindness and afterimages or unspecified eye injuries.
—Catherine Allen, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2024
Bodies — theirs and others — fill in the space, but their afterimage reverberates.
—Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for afterimage
Noun
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Statham, who in the film will play a man pulled back towards the ghosts of his violent past, is currently reteaming with David Ayer on action-thriller A Working Man, and recently wrapped production on Mutiny with Jean-Francois Richet for Mad River.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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Barcelona have previously criticised the current VAR system and asked for audios themselves when a potential ghost goal by winger Lamine Yamal was not given in an April 2024 Clasico which Madrid won 3-2.—
Dermot Corrigan,
The Athletic,
8 Feb. 2025
Noun
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As for the flavor, the honey masked any aftertaste from the creatine powder, and the lemon juice added a nice zest.—
Ashia Aubourg,
Outside Online,
6 Feb. 2025
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The new ones are like they've been left out and have a weird aftertaste.—
Peter Burke,
Fox News,
12 Dec. 2024
Noun
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This effect happens because Earth's atmosphere scatters shorter wavelengths of light from the sun while allowing longer wavelengths of red and orange hues to be refracted into Earth's umbra (the darkest part of Earth's shadow).—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
13 Feb. 2025
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Sam attempts to define his version of Captain America, while fighting to exonerate his friend, all while Samuel Sterns (Tim Blake Nelson) pulls the strings from the shadows — with the ultimate aim of revenge on Ross for broken promises.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
12 Feb. 2025
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The misguided focus on containment is a belated echo of the nuclear age, when the United States and others limited the spread of atomic bombs by restricting access to enriched uranium, by keeping an eye on what certain scientists were doing and by sending inspectors into labs and military bases.—
Zeynep Tufekci,
The Mercury News,
12 Feb. 2025
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The film’s score is, by turns, delicate and bold, flowing and discordant, unrepentantly experimental, and an echo of the grandeur of Hollywood.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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And some states, including Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, still maintain vestiges of this old system.—
Ian Millhiser,
Vox,
5 Feb. 2025
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His films delighted in collapsing the city’s past and its present together, in discovering cultural and architectural vestiges of an older Los Angeles tucked in among the city’s newer façades.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Every stone, every artifact is a testament to their strength.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
10 Feb. 2025
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Computer history talk Computer History Museum docent David Hoyt will present stories drawn from artifacts on display at the Mountain View museum on Feb. 17 at 7 pm.—
Anne Gelhaus,
The Mercury News,
9 Feb. 2025
Noun
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As in, to name is to announce worthy of remembrance.—
Reginald Dwayne Betts,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2025
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The club scheduled a remembrance skate for Tuesday evening.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Afterimage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afterimage. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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