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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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So the unseen figure of the ghost becomes an expression of the filmmaker’s power over the frame, evoking the sadistic-voyeuristic nature of cinema in general and genre cinema in particular.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2025
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And with that, the Woodstone property gained yet another ghost, one who may have just launched the show into its season endgame.—
Vlada Gelman,
TVLine,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The finish is long, with lingering spice notes and a smooth, slightly dry aftertaste.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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We were left with a bitter aftertaste, though, by one slip of the tongue.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Rowley will play Will, a young man caught between two worlds who wants belonging, respect, and a future beyond the shadows of the forest.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
26 Feb. 2025
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Patrick Schwarzenegger is learning to define success for himself outside the shadow of his famous family.—
Julia Moore,
People.com,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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California Scenario is a coming-of-middle-age love story exploring the intergenerational echoes of trauma, survival, and healing.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
25 Feb. 2025
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Her sentences, always at the shore of some great nothingness, have the intricacies and echoes of a conch shell.—
Audrey Wollen,
The New Yorker,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Critics say the asset seizures are also undermining the last vestiges of Russia’s rule of law.—
Nataliya Vasilyeva,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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Or does so only briefly in the ambiguous ending, when Sofia throws off the last vestiges of her passivity and forces her recalcitrant mother into a reckoning with her condition.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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After the artifacts are documented and restored, they are slated to be put on display at the Luxor Museum.—
Francesca Aton,
ARTnews.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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Backfill into the crater was full of artifacts, many of which are still being examined.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Set in the Alentejo region of southern Portugal, where Mateus was raised, a peasant community of grape-pickers become agents in an open-air ritual of remembrance and rebellion.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
26 Feb. 2025
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Peacock’s Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy, now streaming, veers between probing the investigation into his death and delivering a sentimental remembrance of the beloved star of sitcom juggernaut Friends.—
Kevin Dolak,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Afterimage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afterimage. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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