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- noun Plural form of
afterglow .
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It later discovered lingering X-ray emission - dubbed "afterglows" - at burst locations.
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It later discovered lingering X-ray emission - dubbed "afterglows" - at burst locations.
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"afterglows" -- that is, an increase of light and splendour _after_ the setting of the sun, when, in an ordinary state of things, the grey shadows of evening would have descended on the world.
Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago 1859
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"afterglows" -- that is, an increase of light and splendour _after_ the setting of the sun, when, in an ordinary state of things, the grey shadows of evening would have descended on the world.
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We sat there, reading side by side, immersed in our respective afterglows.
Eve Ensler: Ambiguous UpSparkles From the Heart of the Park: Mic Check/Occupy Wall Street (Part 3) Eve Ensler 2011
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A universe of supernova afterglows, black hole jets, molecular clouds, magnetic fields, and more teems at wavelengths much longer than what the eye can see.
Archive 2008-11-03 Nicole 2008
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The Zarathustra word of the great noontide, and whatever else I have hung up over men like purple evening – afterglows.
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"Looks for all the world like one of our Arizona afterglows."
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The great golden jewel back in his heart, full of afterglows -- Carlin.
Son of Power Zamin Ki Dost 1905
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He lived again the great moments -- all the Indian afterglows that were identified with Carlin -- perfect lessons of mercy she had taught him, through the very yearning of his own heart in her presence to be worthy of days with her.
Son of Power Zamin Ki Dost 1905
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