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or spectre
as in haunt
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
feeling so terrified that every shadow became a specter
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Recent Examples of specter
This is understandable; no one wants to be prosecuted or labor under the specter of prosecution.
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Richard Nephew, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2025
As the conversation and testimony unfold, attempting to approach those years, the specters of the past seep through.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
So with the specter of extinction looming once again, wildlife officials took them out of the wild and into captivity.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 26 Feb. 2025
The specter of tariffs is also looming large over the economy.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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Richard Nephew, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2025
As the conversation and testimony unfold, attempting to approach those years, the specters of the past seep through.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
So with the specter of extinction looming once again, wildlife officials took them out of the wild and into captivity.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 26 Feb. 2025
The specter of tariffs is also looming large over the economy.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for specter
Noun
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On a recent afternoon at one of Larson’s old haunts, the Ear Inn on Spring Street, another question hung in the air: Who is Laurie?—
Rachel Sherman,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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The team also retrofitted the interiors of local Jersey spots into Dylan’s early performing haunts.—
Mara Reinstein,
Architectural Digest,
25 Dec. 2024
Noun
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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
Noun
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But against a Borussia Dortmund team that is a shadow of the side that made last season’s final, this is arguably their best opportunity.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
The Athletic,
11 Mar. 2025
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Remarkably, the eclipses are 521 years apart, which means the moon takes an almost identical path through Earth's shadow and occurs against the same background stars.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The before-and-after pictures still astound: a skeletal wraith on the left, a rosy-cheeked child on the right.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
27 May 2015
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Agatha is also being pursued by her ex, Rio Vidal (Aubrey Plaza), a powerful green witch, as well as the Salem Seven, vengeful wraiths of Agatha's first coven.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
24 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Whatever phantom is chasing him is a persistent one, the show teasing the events that drove him away from his job repeatedly through the pilot.—
Ayan Artan,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2025
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The sonic phantoms that have long plagued The View have finally wafted over to terrorize the set of Live With Kelly and Mark.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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George gets a tip from a fellow agency spook that there’s a rat in the house.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
12 Mar. 2025
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Cambridge math dons, government spooks, think-tankers, Iraqi archeologists: Of course they’re all caught up in a plot to save or destroy the world.—
Graham Hillard,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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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“Specter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specter. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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