as in ghostly
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Adjective
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Expand All Take a walk down a block of Coconut Avenue and hear the ghostly silence.—
Linda Robertson,
Miami Herald,
2 Mar. 2025 -
Threading together hyperspeed drums and a ghostly ambience, Balenci creates a sort of supernatural drill.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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To have any hope of outrunning the spectral presence, the player must commit a serpentine route to memory.—
Lewis Gordon,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Who’s to say there isn’t a spectral widow wandering the tracks by moonlight, searching for her husband’s head?—
Cody Cottier,
Discover Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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That’s selling shares without borrowing them first, creating phantom shares that distort the market.—
Brandon Kochkodin,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Ulrich reappeared after all this time as the phantom memory of Billy lurking in the mind of his daughter, Sam Carpenter (Melissa Barrera).—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Ghostlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghostlike. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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