in the wake of
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Following directly on, as in In the wake of the procession, a number of small children came skipping down the aisle . This usage alludes to the waves made behind a passing vessel. [c. 1800]
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In the aftermath of, as a consequence of, as in Famine often comes in the wake of war . [Mid-1800s]
Example Sentences
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The measure, Assembly Bill 1130, came in the wake of a controversy in the June primary election when social media influencers took on a more visible role in the campaigns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Irregular notified Google about the hacks at the end of July, Google and Irregular said, in the wake of the discovery that OpenAI’s agents had hacked the AI software company Hugging Face.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Stormont's justice and health ministers have launched a joint review of the legal framework on trials of the facts in the wake of the Donaldson trial, BBC News NI understands.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The reason such strength constitutes a bubble warning is that investors have to be particularly exuberant in order to bid growth stocks higher in the wake of rising interest rates.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
The bill only made it over the finish line in the wake of the 1968 assassination of Dr. King.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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