afterimage

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for afterimage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for afterimage
Noun
  • Instead, his presence is more like a ghost (literally at times), and a wedge between these two sisters.
    Hunter Ingram, Variety, 30 May 2025
  • Nicole Ari Parker in And Just Like That Season 3 Craig Blankenhorn—Max Carrie’s ghosts must have stayed behind at the old apartment.
    Judy Berman, Time, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • The smokiness gently fades, leaving behind a dry, slightly spicy aftertaste.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
  • Editors also appreciated it for its consistency and mouthfeel, which didn't leave an aftertaste and felt fresh all the way through.
    Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • With mighty Yankee Aaron Judge huffing and puffing at the plate, a lone insistent chant emerged from a Dodger fan lurking in the shadows.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
  • President Trump's shadow is cast over this Sunday's presidential election runoff election, with polls showing a tight race between Warsaw’s mayor, Rafał Trzaskowski, and his conservative challenger, Karol Nawrocki.
    Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • The echoes from the celebration just a few steps away — from a hardwood that was supposed to be theirs — will haunt the Knicks far longer than their wins will comfort them.
    Kristian Winfield, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2025
  • Set high atop Fort Hill, where echoes of the Revolutionary War still linger, 17-19 Beech Glen Street offers a front-row seat to Boston’s layered history — literally.
    Miriam Schwartz, Boston Herald, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • This was, perhaps, his last vestige of control, a trump card held against the documentarian attempting to craft his life into a narrative.
    Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
  • Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5 traces the writer’s effort to complete 1984 in the late 1940s as tuberculosis took the last vestiges of his health.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • The $15 admission ticket grants you access to the original 19th-century Italianate villa, the classic boxwood parterre garden, and a museum filled with photos and other artifacts detailing the Barnsley family's history.
    Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 31 May 2025
  • With a super-bright laser light engine, image speckle, as in grainy, shimmering artifacts, can become an issue.
    Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • In the aftermath of the Parkland shooting, students at the dance school wore purple ribbons in remembrance of Cara.
    Don Riddell, CNN Money, 23 May 2025
  • In remembrance of his life and the response to his murder, Minnesota communities are coming together in celebration of the movement and mourning lives lost.
    Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 23 May 2025

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“Afterimage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afterimage. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.

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