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waves

noun as in aftermath

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There have been previous waves of people moving to Texas, and we are now experiencing the latest wave.

Piketty only waves his hands around the all-important question of whether economic inequality undermines democracy.

When she walks past, he crinkles his nose and gives her little private waves.

The first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage, Denmark still waves its banner high.

Can there actually be massive tidal waves like the one we saw on the first planet they visited?

It will be remembered that pitch depends upon the rapidity of the sound waves or vibrations.

A biggish sea running, subsiding as the day went on—and my mind grew calmer with the waves.

The next morning a gust of wind carried him, and him only, out of the boat into the waves, and he was never seen again.

Then waves of grief broke over her, and she sobbed convulsively; but still she shed no tears.

On three sides, the cliffs rise so precipitously from the waves, that all access is impossible.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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