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Recent Examples of wavelet
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?
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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
Alabama’s current wavelet has been going on for about a month.
—Ramsey Archibald | Rarchibald@al.com, al, 4 June 2022
All of that has boosted Democratic hopes that November will bring something more akin to a red wavelet than a tsunami.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2022
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
Alabama’s current wavelet has been going on for about a month.
—Ramsey Archibald | Rarchibald@al.com, al, 4 June 2022
All of that has boosted Democratic hopes that November will bring something more akin to a red wavelet than a tsunami.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 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 actress styled her natural gray hair in voluminous curls and her makeup featured a smokey eye and hint of a pink lip.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
24 Jan. 2025
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Pattern Hydration Shampoo brings life back to dry, thirsty curls.—
Erin Parker,
Allure,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The ship also has bumper cars, roller skating, the aforementioned waterslides, two chocolate shops, on-demand cupcakes, and numerous other amenities for kids and teens.—
Elizabeth Heath,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Jan. 2025
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According to a Metropolitan Police press release, the anonymous victim — who asked police to release CCTV footage of the attack — had planned to attend a roller skating event in the Greater London town of Harrow on February 10, 2024.—
Abby Monteil,
Them,
17 Jan. 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
Noun
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Trump has sent ripples through several countries with his -pre-inauguration musings on foreign policy.—
Neal Rothschild,
Axios,
20 Jan. 2025
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Rather than relying on a cheek swab or a little blood, however, these cosmic DNA tests utilize tiny ripples in the fabric of spacetime called gravitational waves, first proposed by Albert Einstein 110 years ago.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Wavelet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wavelet. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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