in the wake of
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4.0
- idiom
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- More people are likely not to vote for her in the wake of the endorsement.
- in the wake of the war
- in the wake of a crisis
- in the wake of a disaster
As it emerged in the wake of the Cold War.
- As it emerged in the wake of the Cold War.
- And the feeling that you get in the wake of that is priceless.
- So think of the Russian revolutions in the wake of the fall of Taurus.
- But what he's done in the wake of all of that is so inspiring.
- Occupancy did grow in the wake of the pandemic, but not fast enough.
- There's a breakup, but we all know that in the wake of a breakup, it's rarely clean.
- Your confusion in the wake of so much gaslighting and manipulation.
- And and he's reflecting on the way that all the relationships have changed in, in the wake of this this event.
- Livermore had to sell his yacht and his New York apartment in the wake of these huge losses.
- And This is why working on healing in therapy and on you in the wake of a narcissistic relationship is so important.
- We do not know what is going to happen with all of this legislation in the wake of Roe V Wade.
- Many of these companies stopped posting on Twitter too in the wake of this scandal to avoid damaging their brands.
Examples
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In the wake of the heavy rain, many roads were flooded and impassable.
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Its message suddenly achieved new currency in the wake of the 2008 financial collapse.
Academic text (2011) -
And I said this in the wake of some of this criticism.
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And the feeling that you get in the wake of that is priceless.
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Occupancy did grow in the wake of the pandemic, but not fast enough.
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The counterterrorist financing environment changed dramatically in the wake of the September 11 attacks.
Academic text (2008) -
In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the security agencies secretly collected data from millions of people online.
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But in the wake of the recent death of Councilman Rodriguez, the locals here want answers.
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The greatest problem that all face is the plummeting price of shrimp in the wake of a worldwide supply glut.
Academic text (1990) -
Businesses suffered significant losses in the wake of the pandemic restrictions.
Synonyms
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1.0
Behind someone or something, for example in a line
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4.0
Happening very soon after an event, often because of it
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3.6
As a response to something that happens
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Morphology
The phrase is compositionally built: 'in' (location/position) + 'wake' (aftermath/trail) + 'of' (linking to an event), so its meaning 'following as a result' is directly derivable if the learner knows 'wake' in the sense of aftermath. The metaphor of a 'wake' as a trailing aftermath is a common image cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand the expression.
Etymology
The phrase in the wake of may come from the picture of a boat leaving a wake, the waves that sit behind it. So, things that happen in the wake of an event happen 'after' it and often 'because of' it.