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Recent Examples of afterimage
In addition to reversing the color of an image, afterimages can convince your brain that an object has changed in shape or size.
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Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
But then the mystery more or less fades from view, to be replaced by another that comes and goes in a flash but lingers like an afterimage.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
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.
—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
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Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
But then the mystery more or less fades from view, to be replaced by another that comes and goes in a flash but lingers like an afterimage.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for afterimage
Noun
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Choose from ghosts, black cats, and pumpkins, all with a range of colors to match your home’s color palette.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
31 July 2025
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The nearly 150-year-old building also comes with a mischievous (and fictitious) ghost the team at Santé’ has dubbed Dante.—
Samantha Husted,
Charlotte Observer,
30 July 2025
Noun
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Everything has a little bit of sweetness, but also with a quite intense bitter aftertaste.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 June 2025
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The oak influence fades gracefully, leaving a dry, slightly nutty aftertaste.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
Noun
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Without decisive action, the shadow empire may soon eclipse its legal counterpart entirely.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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But there’s something eerie beneath the picturesque life, including gory, haunting visions and the shadow of Eli’s late wife.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
31 July 2025
Noun
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Thirty-six years later, the echoes of that mayoral race are hard to ignore.—
Jonathan Mahler,
Curbed,
1 Aug. 2025
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With echoes of Orwell’s classic novel, 1984, the film illustrates the power of truth-twisting doublethink of media and government in totalitarian regimes.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
31 July 2025
Noun
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Yet Powell remains an outlier — a vestige of that earlier period when Trump was still assembling his team and had not yet consolidated power over the GOP and the machinery of government.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 July 2025
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Sale was the second-to-last remaining 2018 champion, and Devers was the last vestige of glory.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
20 June 2025
Noun
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Vendors will offer beads, minerals, gemstones, custom jewelry, fossils, artifacts, and metaphysical stones.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 July 2025
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Wednesday’s feature pictured the outside of the Penrod Museum, established by John and Virginia Penrod to display their 40 years of collecting artifacts from all over the world.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 July 2025
Noun
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Burrell’s culinary colleagues also posted remembrances to social media after her passing.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
24 July 2025
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For families and neighbors affected by the deaths who may not be able to afford grief counseling or therapy, the program serves as both a mental health support and a remembrance for those who were lost.—
Keely Doll,
The Courier-Journal,
23 July 2025
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“Afterimage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afterimage. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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