afterclap

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Noun
  • Another side effect can be dry, irritated eyes because of dehydration.
    Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Sasse is on daraxonrasib, and experiencing a visible side effect.
    Eva Flowe April 21, Charlotte Observer, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Over the course of the series’ six episodes, their relationship waxes and wanes, but continues to cast a shadow over their fates until the finale’s electrifying denouement.
    K.J. Yossman, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The series begins in 1933 when Gies takes a job working for Frank and follows her through the outbreak of the war, the ordeal of occupation and the melancholy denouement that sees Otto emerge as the lone survivor from the attic.
    David Faris, TheWeek, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Rarely, an aftershock ends up being bigger than the original main shock.
    Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Inflation is expected to accelerate in the coming months as aftershocks from the US-Israeli war with Iran spread beyond gas prices.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In this best-selling memoir, Foo investigates the repercussions of complex PTSD (C-PTSD) caused by her abusive parents and her subsequent estrangement from each of them in turn.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Republican senators also warned of the repercussions of the bill.
    CBS Miami Team, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Hilltop Hoods‘ tour is over, but the hip-hop artist’s special auction has created a warm afterglow.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 27 Mar. 2026
  • This is the faint thermal afterglow from some 380,000 years after the big bang that was unleashed when the hot, foglike plasma that filled the early universe cooled and cleared as primordial atomic nuclei bonded with free electrons.
    Paul M. Sutter, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • For The Times) Dollars and sensitivities The financial implications of the strike are difficult to calculate at this juncture, but the district doesn’t necessarily lose money.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The erotic implications of vampiric temptation—and of glam-rock front men who generously offer to pierce an ear under the boardwalk—remain.
    Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Detecting chemical radicals The testing showed that MoQNs maintain full quantum functionality in the cellular environment, performing complex tasks such as spin-echo measurements and relaxometry.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Because what Wilson created with Joe Turner’s Come and Gone is a house of shadows and echoes.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2026
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“Afterclap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afterclap. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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