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Recent Examples of afterglow
Yet the expansion of space that redshifted the afterglow also creates the illusion of slowing down processes.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 9 Dec. 2025
The Jays will likely see a big revenue bump this winter and next year off the afterglow of a tremendous 2025 season.
—Keith Law, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2025
Over the coming weeks, light began to arrive in other wavelengths as well, as close to 100 professional observatories monitored the spectacular afterglow of this neutron star merger.
—Big Think, 13 Nov. 2025
While Los Angeles is still basking in the afterglow of a second consecutive World Series win, Arik is already looking forward to next season.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 Nov. 2025
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 9 Dec. 2025
The Jays will likely see a big revenue bump this winter and next year off the afterglow of a tremendous 2025 season.
—Keith Law, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2025
Over the coming weeks, light began to arrive in other wavelengths as well, as close to 100 professional observatories monitored the spectacular afterglow of this neutron star merger.
—Big Think, 13 Nov. 2025
While Los Angeles is still basking in the afterglow of a second consecutive World Series win, Arik is already looking forward to next season.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for afterglow
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They were staggered, self-pitying, and seemingly traumatized by the denouement of the Joe Biden years.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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The film arrives in the denouement of the megalucrative holiday-movie-release corridor.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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Make your vehicle visible to others both ahead of you and behind you by using your low-beam headlights since this means your taillights will also be on.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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The GranSport 38 can host up to 12 guests across five cabins (as well as room for seven crew), including a full-beam owner’s suite that opens up to the water.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
13 Feb. 2026
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Child psychiatrist and Yale School of Medicine professor Yann Poncin previously told USA TODAY that over time, technology exposure rewires the brain to expect instant gratification, depleting the brain’s cognitive patience and threshold for tolerating frustration in the process.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
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That Fredrikze will even be in a position to do so is a source of immense gratification.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2026
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One day prior, on Feb. 1, a 3.3-magnitude earthquake struck 12 miles northeast of Indio — the same spot where a stronger, 4.9-magnitude quake jolted the Coachella Valley on Jan. 19, followed by a swarm of aftershocks and another 4.3-magnitude tremor on Jan. 21.—
Monica Garske,
USA Today,
2 Feb. 2026
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Since the fires, families have been living with aftershocks, trying to hold onto normal.—
Amanda Starrantino,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Although the sun’s latest activity cycle has likely already peaked, 2026 is still expected to see plenty of auroras, with the season for the northern hemisphere running through March.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
8 Feb. 2026
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The solar flares also can unleash multiple coronal mass ejections, which often are observed as geomagnetic activity that can trigger a beautiful display of auroras.—
Mary Wasson,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Feb. 2026
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Their contentment and their connection is undeniable.—
John E. Green,
Time,
1 Feb. 2026
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The most common feelings reflected contentment rather than passion.—
Christine Zhang,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2026
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Those same firms, and others, like UTA and IAG, are as always, looking to pick up clients who may be exiting over the fallout from the PR crisis.—
Erik Hayden,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Feb. 2026
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Meanwhile, hardly five months after France’s Canal+ Group completed its long-gestating $2 billion takeover of South African pay-TV giant MultiChoice, solidifying a merger of the two largest media players on the continent, a sense of foreboding remains over the fallout.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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This Amazon wreath is both pretty and rustic, with clusters of red and pink berries alternating around a grapevine halo.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Feb. 2026
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The piece had a circular diamond in a halo of emeralds set on a yellow gold band.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Afterglow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afterglow. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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