afterclap

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Noun
  • Protecting Authentic Japanese Whisky The ascent of Japanese whisky on the world’s stage came with an unfortunate side effect: a more deceptive counterpart masquerading under the same name.
    Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
  • Or could a circular economy, life extension, recycling and reuse be the solution to the space industry's dirty side effects?
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • His grand denouement is meant to be a catharsis for a deliberately corrective slice of emotional history.
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
  • But some fans expressed their disappointment that the grand denouement – the identity of mysterious villain ‘H’ – failed to live up to audience expectations.
    Caroline Frost, Deadline, 5 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Roads and bridges buckled as the city lost power and water, with many newly homeless residents or people living in unstable buildings forced to live on the streets without access to sanitation as aftershocks continued to rock the region.
    Jen Reeder, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The large quake was followed in the region by two smaller 2.9-magnitude aftershocks.
    Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 4 May 2025
Noun
  • His departure from Trump’s advisory circle and the potential for policy repercussions against his business interests could significantly diminish his willingness or ability to publicly promote Dogecoin.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • Manford was reprimanded for the incident; a male coworker who had done something similar a month before faced no repercussions, according to court documents.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • Fils asked the French faithful, when former player Marion Bartoli put a microphone to his lips at the center of the court in the afterglow of a resurrection, measured by a 7-6(3), 7-6(4), 2-6, 0-6, 6-4 scoreline.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 30 May 2025
  • Manalapan isn’t the only place basking in the afterglow of Palm Beach’s prestige.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 4 May 2025
Noun
  • When asked about the implications if the center were unable to receive the grant, Heitstuman said that cuts would have to be made.
    Olivia Cyrus, Sacbee.com, 8 June 2025
  • Discounting any of the various potential paradoxes and possible multiversal implications of the deed, Jeb Bush leapt headlong into this hypothetical (take your pick) DeLorean, phone booth, Tardis, or Wellsian steampunk contraption with a knife in hand.
    Jack Butler, National Review, 8 June 2025
Noun
  • The echoes of a Spanish-language birthday song boomed from a backyard party.
    Shawn Hubler, New York Times, 9 June 2025
  • But computer simulations show that there are filaments and tendrils of dark matter crisscrossing the voids like a faint echo of the grand cosmic web, repeating itself in miniature.
    Paul Sutter, Space.com, 6 June 2025
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“Afterclap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afterclap. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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