as in outcome
a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause
in the U.S. slavery was abolished in 1865, but its aftereffects remained keenly felt long afterwards
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Recent Examples of aftereffect
These laws maintained a gender imbalance of Chinese immigrants for more than a century, and their aftereffects persist to this day.
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Jane Hu, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2025
Both the film’s original script and the new album were overhauled to incorporate the aftereffects of the Weeknd’s experience at SoFi.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
But not its impact: The Gold Rush may be long over, but its aftereffects still linger.
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—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Jan. 2025
The aftereffects may be most distressing to those directly impacted by the Jan. 6 assault.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 22 Jan. 2025
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Jane Hu, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2025
Both the film’s original script and the new album were overhauled to incorporate the aftereffects of the Weeknd’s experience at SoFi.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
But not its impact: The Gold Rush may be long over, but its aftereffects still linger.
Get the latest stories in your inbox every weekday.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Jan. 2025
The aftereffects may be most distressing to those directly impacted by the Jan. 6 assault.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aftereffect
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The Positive Impact • Visibility: Knowing your presence early sets you apart as someone who has done the pre-work and is invested in the meeting’s outcome.—
Bala Sathyanarayanan,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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The DeepMind team, led by company co-founder Shane Legg, categorized the negative AGI outcomes as misuse, misalignment, mistakes, and structural risks.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
3 Apr. 2025
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Pitching was considered more of a question mark going into this season with injuries to Frankie Montas and Sean Manaea along with the losses of Luis Severino and Jose Quintana in free agency, but the results are a good development.—
Larry Fleisher,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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The results, published March 24 in the journal Nature Medicine, found that healthy diets earlier in life were associated with a higher likelihood of healthy aging, even after accounting for other lifestyle factors, such as physical activity and smoking status.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
6 Apr. 2025
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Show how data from customers/employees contributes to product innovations; present plans for sharing resultant value. 2.—
James Felton Keith,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Finally, the resultant structure was coated in potassium hydroxide, which washes away less stable structures and leaves behind thousands of microscopic pores.—
Michael Franco,
New Atlas,
20 Dec. 2024
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External forces may have torn them apart as the two witches grapple with the consequences of their choices.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
3 Apr. 2025
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Pegged to each recent IOC session has been a decision of major consequence for the Olympic movement.—
Blythe Lawrence,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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That’s bad news for millions of people in the central and southern US dealing with active flooding and those trying to clean up in the aftermath.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2025
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Everything about it is suspicious: the fact that Rosemary married BJ in the aftermath, that the fire happened in the first place, and that BJ himself was the next to go.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
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Following a postponement, these tariffs are expected to come into effect around the middle of April.—
Lim Hui Jie,Sophie Kiderlin,
CNBC,
3 Apr. 2025
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For decades, ever since the North American Free Trade Agreement or NAFTA went into effect in the early 1990s, the automakers have operated as if the United States, Mexico and Canada are a single country.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Aftereffect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aftereffect. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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