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Adjective
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Its ghostly inhabitants are never identified in a denominational kind of way but behave like the demons in The Exorcist and other Catholic possession films.—
Katie Rife,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2025 -
Rendered entirely in white, the sculpture’s ghostly presence indicates that despite attempts at care and containment, many plants did not survive the journey.—
Kelly Presutti,
ARTnews.com,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In many cases, physicists can calculate the spectral gap for a specific atom or material.—
Charlie Wood,
Wired News,
6 Apr. 2025
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And by scouring the planets’ atmospheres, astrobiologists hoped to search for the spectral fingerprints of life.—
Elise Cutts,
Quanta Magazine,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Critics argued that Angel was essentially goosing its own box office receipts by persuading a passionate fan base to bankroll phantom tickets: enamored zealots shelling out for empty seats.—
Calum Marsh,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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But, somehow, life finds a way: The seafloor was crawling with critters of all shapes and sizes, from centuries-old sponges and cup corals to octopuses, snails, worms, sea spiders, icefish and even a rare giant phantom jellyfish.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Ghostlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghostlike. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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