as in imaginary
not real and existing only in the imagination
the company claimed that the only hazards involving its product were the phantom dangers created by consumer groups
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as in ghost
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
Halloween is supposed to be a time when phantoms return to walk among us
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Recent Examples of phantom
G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2025
But that estimate sharply dropped once authorities subtracted the amount of phantom investment gains and interest that Madoff’s customers were duped into believing existed.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024
Jason Nark, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article San Diego Symphony organ curator Bob Knight will never be mistaken for the phantom of the opera.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
That doesn't rule out that other pollsters are generating phantom swings by updating their weights, of course.
—G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2025
But that estimate sharply dropped once authorities subtracted the amount of phantom investment gains and interest that Madoff’s customers were duped into believing existed.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024
Noun
On Friday, a team of researchers argued that the fish was a phantom all along.
—Jason Nark, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article San Diego Symphony organ curator Bob Knight will never be mistaken for the phantom of the opera.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
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After the war, that technology, developed by a painfully pretentious guru named Ethan Skate (Stanley Tucci), was sold to the public as a way of keeping them sedated and immersed in imaginary worlds.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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And now a question for a future newsletter: Do the kids in your life have imaginary friends?—
Anna North,
Vox,
13 Mar. 2025
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Some brands are diligent about paying fairly and on time, while others entirely ghost after the work is done or almost offensive offer rates.—
Kristen Bousquet,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Kinnell’s ensuing lines about his meal with the long-dead poet John Keats make a compelling case for conversations with ghosts.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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Morgan & Morgan, the firm that puts up those annoying Philly billboards, was fined after one of their lawyers admitted to using an AI program that generated fictitious case citations in a legal filing.—
Isaac Avilucea,
Axios,
26 Feb. 2025
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Putin cannot refuse a ceasefire, without losing the fictitious moral high ground.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
11 Mar. 2025
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In the writer-director’s latest horror flick, The Monkey, there is no malignant apparition, and death doesn’t lurk or stalk.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
7 Feb. 2025
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Zoe, as an apparition, is both the cause and relief to her pain.—
Jake Coyle,
Boston Herald,
28 Feb. 2025
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As such, the doc is also a declaration of love for the Ukrainian people, their spirit, and their resilience.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Mar. 2025
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With its carnival atmosphere and legendary party spirit, the three-day event joins other Asian showpieces such as the Singapore Grand Prix and Australian Open in drawing tourists and business travelers alike.—
Andrew McNicol,
CNN,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Hamilton achieved most of these minimal brake moments while driving for Mercedes for 12 seasons, except for one out-of-reach trophy: turning seven championship titles into the mythical record-setting eight.—
Olivia Hicks,
NPR,
15 Mar. 2025
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The furniture collection was inspired by sea life, the mythical sea creatures of Ancient Greece and is composed of the Lorelei armchair and sofa, Ligea coffee tables, Neomeris carpet, Nereide sofa, Ploto low tables, Seidon sofa, Sibelia low tables and Teti pouf.—
Sofia Celeste,
WWD,
14 Mar. 2025
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In this mostly fictional version, the reclusive Omara has to decide whether or not to come back from retirement and record with her old colleagues from the fervent Cuban years, thus confronting those ghosts.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
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There is no Eleven, Mike, Dustin, Lucas, Hopper, Joyce, or the rest of the residents of the fictional Hawkins, Indiana.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Phantom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phantom. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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