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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]

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Words nearby in the wake of

in the swim, in the teeth of, in the throes, in the twinkling of an eye, in the unlikely event, in the wake of, in the way, in the wind, in the wings, in the works, in the world
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Words related to in the wake of

backward, coming, consecutive, ensuing, subsequent, succeeding, successive, behind, final, following, hind, posterior, rear, rearward, tail, attendant, back, hinder, latter, pursuing

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