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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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Money was counted daily, spoken of incessantly, felt in its paucity like a ghost in each room.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Apr. 2026
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That doesn’t mean the ghosts here aren’t scary.—
Jon Dolan,
Rolling Stone,
22 Apr. 2026
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The cheese ends up being pretty one-note, like hot honey with an aftertaste of goat’s milk.—
Alex Beggs,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
25 Apr. 2026
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Then try the mussels, served with a fresh baguette and swimming in broth that leaves the perfect amount of coconut aftertaste on your tongue, encouraging just one more bite.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
17 Apr. 2026
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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
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However, at least 26 of shadow fleet vessels have breached the US blockade line as of Monday, according to Lloyd’s List Intelligence, a maritime intelligence firm.—
Alayna Treene,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
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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
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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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As in that case, many of Silver Court’s residents are about to lose one of the few vestiges of stable, deeply affordable housing in Miami-Dade.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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Upon first glance, the room looks like a typical parlor of its era, clinging to the vestiges of late Victorian décor that were quickly fading from fashion.—
Laura E. Helton,
Literary Hub,
20 Apr. 2026
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There was another ceremony that summer where Karen received the honorary road sign, which still hangs proudly in a corner in her house with some other Captain Herb artifacts.—
Doug Turnbull,
AJC.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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For over 100 years, this soil has been excavated, consistently yielding impressive artifacts related to legionary life.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Apr. 2026
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That remembrance of that person also has to wake up, go about their day-to-day life and be okay.—
Adelle Platon,
VIBE.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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Paisley Park, Prince's former home and music studio space, will be hosting a special remembrance event on Tuesday.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Afterimage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afterimage. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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