reverberation
noun
re·ver·ber·a·tion
ri-ˌvər-bə-ˈrā-shən 
1
: an act of reverberating : the state of being reverberated
2
a
: something that is reverberated
b
: an effect or impact that resembles an echo
Examples of reverberation in a Sentence
the reverberations of her voice
Although the room was very big, her voice could be heard with little reverberation.
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Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Sen. Jack Reed (R.I.), the ranking Democrat on the panel, were able to review his FBI background check in recent days, yet to cause any serious political reverberations.
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The Hill, 14 Jan. 2025
La Niña is characterized by a cooling of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, which produces atmospheric reverberations that can strongly influence weather around the world.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
The Containment, by Michelle Adams Legal scholar Michelle Adams traces school desegregation efforts in her native Detroit and their reverberations throughout the North.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2025
The fall of Assad has huge reverberations throughout the region and around the world, too.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
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The Hill, 14 Jan. 2025
La Niña is characterized by a cooling of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, which produces atmospheric reverberations that can strongly influence weather around the world.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
The Containment, by Michelle Adams Legal scholar Michelle Adams traces school desegregation efforts in her native Detroit and their reverberations throughout the North.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2025
The fall of Assad has huge reverberations throughout the region and around the world, too.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for reverberation
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“Reverberation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reverberation. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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