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Recent Examples of wavelet
And importantly, the agency says, despite these wavelets of illness, severe outcomes like hospitalizations and deaths have been dropping since 2020 and 2021.
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Brenda Goodman, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
Some of these gravity waves were caused by air flowing from the northwest over the Appalachians and Alleghenies, which caused downstream wavelets, like ripples downstream of stone in a river.
—Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
Now a little rill of wavelets across the surface of the flood was the only thing that marked the river’s usual borders.
—Brooke Jarvis, New York Times, 31 May 2023
The word has a natural lilt, a melody that builds to a pitch and gently subsides like a wavelet breaking on a Mediterranean shore.
—Paul Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2023
The wave turned out to be more of a wavelet, with a Senate still so evenly split that control may not be decided until a Dec. 6 run-off in Georgia between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2022
Alabama’s current wavelet has been going on for about a month.
—Ramsey Archibald | [email protected], al, 4 June 2022
All of that has boosted Democratic hopes that November will bring something more akin to a red wavelet than a tsunami.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2022
Cases climbed here for the seventh consecutive week, and the state saw the first major jump in hospitalizations since the start of the current wavelet.
—Ramsey Archibald | [email protected], al, 4 June 2022
Brenda Goodman, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
Some of these gravity waves were caused by air flowing from the northwest over the Appalachians and Alleghenies, which caused downstream wavelets, like ripples downstream of stone in a river.
—Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
Now a little rill of wavelets across the surface of the flood was the only thing that marked the river’s usual borders.
—Brooke Jarvis, New York Times, 31 May 2023
The word has a natural lilt, a melody that builds to a pitch and gently subsides like a wavelet breaking on a Mediterranean shore.
—Paul Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2023
The wave turned out to be more of a wavelet, with a Senate still so evenly split that control may not be decided until a Dec. 6 run-off in Georgia between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2022
Alabama’s current wavelet has been going on for about a month.
—Ramsey Archibald | [email protected], al, 4 June 2022
All of that has boosted Democratic hopes that November will bring something more akin to a red wavelet than a tsunami.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2022
Cases climbed here for the seventh consecutive week, and the state saw the first major jump in hospitalizations since the start of the current wavelet.
—Ramsey Archibald | [email protected], al, 4 June 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wavelet
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On the water, target current breaks, pools, and deep riffles where trout will wait and ambush their food.Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 12 June 2024
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Sandbars and rock bars and gravel bars could be broken down into a full taxonomy describing their size and shape and orientation: chains and traps, riffles and reefs.Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
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While her curls are all-natural, the fringe around Palmers’ eyes has a little boost from something faux.Jenny Berg, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
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While the actress appeared in CR Fashion Book with curls in September, her look when hitting the carpet is typically wearing her hair straight or in a chic updo.Catherine Santino, People.com, 27 Oct. 2024
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Once you’re done with the paint roller, pour any leftover paint back into the can, carefully fold up the foil, and discard.Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2024
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These hair rollers are perfect for making curls last all day long while minimizing heat damage.Jessica Copeland, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
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In the scope was one of the many tiny fish bones that were found that day, probably belonging to a small comber or a wrasse.Paul Greenberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
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The destructive combers continued to undermine dwellings near the water’s edge at West Newport Beach.Scott Harrison, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2019
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The collapse of Genesis, Celsius, and BlockFi in 2022 sent painful ripples across the crypto industry.Alexander S. Blume, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Occasionally, one of the gravitons in these ripples would strike an atom in a detector and kick an electron into a higher energy level.Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Wavelet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wavelet. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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