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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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Scenes unfold in extended, impulsively mobile shots, which create the impression of a ghost who is no mere passive observer but an alert and active mind.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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Hollywood’s ghosts fill Lynch’s work, and so does its muck and its filth.—
Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The finish is long and spicy with a warm aftertaste.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Manage the aftertaste: Combining different sweeteners can help balance out flavors and minimize cloying sweetness or cooling aftertaste.—
Lauren O'Connor, MS,
Health,
18 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Her brim, tilted low, cast a thick shadow over her eyes, shielding her from the view of millions of Americans who were lying in wait for some kind of reaction.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
20 Jan. 2025
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That’s saying something considering that when Biden took office in January 2021 the economy was still under the shadow of Covid, with many folks choosing to spend the holiday season in late 2020 away from friends and family because of the spread of the omicron variant.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
19 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The new thermal light echo images revealed the complex structure of the interstellar material, akin to the knots of a wood grain.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
16 Jan. 2025
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The records show violations found at Boar’s Head plants in New Castle, Indiana; Forrest City, Arkansas; and Petersburg, Virginia, and echo problems highlighted at the Jarratt, Virginia plant last year.—
Lauren Irwin,
The Hill,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Any entry-level vestiges and remnants are about to disappear in an artificially intelligent puff of smoke.—
Ryan Craig,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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Still, the vestiges of the grassroots gatherings live on, including via events recently held by several nonprofits.—
Daniel Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Oct. 2024
Noun
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The images the engineers wound up getting were loaded with defects and artifacts—such a bright source would reveal a multitude of sins in any camera.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
16 Jan. 2025
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In the 1940s, efforts began to collect oral histories and artifacts about African Americans in the Bay Area.—
Kate Bradshaw,
The Mercury News,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Flags flew at full staff at Trump's inauguration on Monday, despite an order from the now former President Joe Biden to lower the flags at half-staff in remembrance of the late President Jimmy Carter.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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When her uncle died, her auntie bought her a City shirt in remembrance of him.—
Charlotte Harpur,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
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“Afterimage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afterimage. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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