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aftermath

noun as in situation following an event, occurrence

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One psychiatrist with decades of clinical experience told me that the immediate aftermath of 9/11 was the only parallel he could recall.

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In the aftermath, some residents expressed versions of “I told you so.”

Since a run on the peso began on September 8 -- in the aftermath of the ruling party's defeat in bellwether elections in Buenos Aires province -- the currency has lost seven percent against the dollar.

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In “Big Kiss, Bye-Bye,” a female narrator—perhaps the same person—has moved to someplace remote in the aftermath of her breakup with a man named Xavier.

Initially you weren’t planning on making a film about this tragic killing, but you were documenting the aftermath of the crime.

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