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Recent Examples of afterimage
Fire to create an afterimage of yourself that projects a beam of light in Valorant.
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Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
The digital detectors used by the camera suffered from an issue called quantum efficiency hysteresis, or QEH—when WF/PC took an image of a bright object, there was an afterimage left behind that would mess up later observations.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Jan. 2025
In addition to reversing the color of an image, afterimages can convince your brain that an object has changed in shape or size.
—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
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Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
The digital detectors used by the camera suffered from an issue called quantum efficiency hysteresis, or QEH—when WF/PC took an image of a bright object, there was an afterimage left behind that would mess up later observations.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Jan. 2025
In addition to reversing the color of an image, afterimages can convince your brain that an object has changed in shape or size.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for afterimage
Noun
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Scientists don’t know much about ghost pipefishes in general, Short says, and have mostly operated off observations from divers.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
15 May 2026
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After nearly 20 years of searching, researchers have officially documented the elusive hairy ghost pipefish, subsequently naming the new species after a muppet that's just as shaggy.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
Noun
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One editor found the aftertaste to be very off-putting.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
15 May 2026
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So did a 38-3 Rose Bowl loss to Indiana that ended Alabama’s season, leaving the aftertaste of the program’s worst loss since 1998 in players and coaches mouths.—
David Ubben,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Craters, shadows and rugged lunar terrain that were barely visible to the naked eye suddenly came alive in remarkable detail.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
15 May 2026
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His new film Fatherland, like Cold War and Ida, is shot in a lustrous monochrome that turns shadows into punctuation marks and sunbeams into something holy, and that makes its performers, chief among them an incredible Sandra Hüller, look lit from within.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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The incident — with a few uncomfortable echoes of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic — has sparked concerns and questions.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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Viewers can expect this tale of neocolonialism with echoes of #MeToo to leave a sour taste in their mouths.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
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In a follow-up exam conducted six years after the infection, vestiges of the virus’s RNA were found in the man’s semen.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
15 May 2026
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The trick, say former players, is Jeglertz’s humility to build a team out of their own strengths, not his style, a vestige of 2009.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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Many of the artifacts were visiting the United States for the first time.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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The artifact was found on the grounds of Vindonissa, a major Roman legionary camp.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2026
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Educational tours and remembrance events run through the district, tying the celebration back to the history of the 1921 Race Massacre and the legacy of Black Wall Street.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
14 May 2026
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Families, friends and community members came together in remembrance, support and hope.—
Jeffrey F. Bill,
Baltimore Sun,
13 May 2026
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“Afterimage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afterimage. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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