AFTERGLOW Synonyms: 187 Similar and Opposite Words

afterglow

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Definition of afterglow

as in denouement

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Recent Examples of afterglow There is precedent for host-city afterglow outlasting the tournament itself. — Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 In the afterglow of the evening, even hardened cynics couldn't deny that being admired by millions is no substitute for being loved by one. — Bryan West, USA Today, 7 July 2026 In April, in the afterglow of winning his title, May was asked about the impact his coaching staff had on his team’s success. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 22 June 2026 New Yorkers are still basking in the afterglow of the Knicks’ first NBA title in 53 years, so this week’s rye whiskey cocktail is for them. — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 20 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for afterglow

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Noun

Any larger Hollywood studio would have likely insisted on a grander finale, but The Death of Robin Hood, produced by A24, left me pondering the foolishness of my need for such a denouement.

— David Sims, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
Margaret’s leadership also makes possible the movie’s titular dénouement, the revelation of the footage that will offer the world proof of the presence of alien life.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 16 June 2026

Definition of denouement

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One use involves directing a beam of protons or other heavier particles into the patient, targeting unwanted cancerous cells (proton/heavy ion therapy).

— Andrea Richard, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026
Researchers at Romania’s Horia Hulubei National Institute have now solved this speed challenge by producing images with an artificial muon beam for the first time.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026

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Walter Mischel, a psychologist who taught at Stanford and Columbia, conducted some of the most famous studies on delaying gratification in the late 1960s and 1970s.

— Joan M. Cook, Time, 3 Oct. 2026
Maybe, then, the work isn’t so much a project, but a lifelong mission, an analogue rejection of video being the medium of instant gratification.

— Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of gratification

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Advertisement Thus, the crisis of liberal democracy after 9/11 might be better understood not simply as a blowback from the war on terror, but as an aftershock of socialism’s collapse.

— Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
An aftershock that struck during an interview Tuesday prompted Vincentius Rano and his wife to instinctively duck and cover their heads.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

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By watching the entire auroral oval at once, SMILE can help scientists connect what is happening with the magnetosphere with the auroras glowing below.

— Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026
This type of signal is what Berger and his colleagues detected from Beta Pictoris b, which ultimately points to the presence of an intense magnetic field that’s causing auroras and the radio emission.

— Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of aurora

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Yet as related here in the low-key delivery of someone who not just survived but lived to be 101 years old, Jaku was able to enjoy the love, peace, contentment and security he was denied in his youth.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
The Straits of Florida glisten and the sun leaves a feeling of hazy contentment.

— Oliver Wu, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of contentment

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Further information on the international leadership team is not yet available, as the transaction is set to close on Tuesday and operational fallout will continue well into the months ahead.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
And in a region already suffering from aid shortages, and anticipating even greater food insecurity from this year’s El Nino, humanitarians are rightly nervous about a potential catastrophic fallout.

— Cameron Hudson, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of fallout

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On Wednesday, teachers were busy helping students with artwork in various stages of completion, including a painting of Boyle with a halo.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
In May, for example, astronomers suggested that a lunar-mass PBH might have been spotted drifting through the halo of our Milky Way, but follow-up work suggested the sighting was a variable star, not a black hole.

— Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026

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