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as in spirits
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
looked for ghosts in the graveyard on Halloween
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as in damns
the smallest amount or part imaginable
she may be a good endurance runner, but she doesn't stand a ghost of a chance of winning in a sprint
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as in relics
a tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished
the down-at-the-heels town house is but a ghost of the neighborhood's former grandeur
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as in demons
an evil spirit
the vengeful ghosts of seamen who were deliberately shipwrecked upon these shores
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Recent Examples of ghosts
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
26 June 2026
At Ojai, Lewis wistfully performed the solo prelude off in Libbey Park shrubbery as if a dallying forest spirit summoning ghosts of festivals past.
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Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
As a child, Lindberg nearly died from complications of Reye's Syndrome, and he's been obsessed with ghosts ever since.
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Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 June 2026
Now adults and estranged, the siblings battle perception, reality, legacy and plenty of ghosts.
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Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
Co-stars include Aaron Paul and Bryce Dallas Howard in the story of two fraudulent paranormal investigators who are forced to face real ghosts and the lies underpinning their business.
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Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
19 June 2026
The past and present are reduced to ghosts.
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Jude Noel,
Pitchfork,
19 June 2026
In one case, while working on an excavation, archeologists spoke with a local woman who recalled that, in her childhood, anyone who had to go near the road at night would sprint past it for fear of ghosts.
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Amelia Soth,
JSTOR Daily,
18 June 2026
The film’s opening finds the town deindustrialized and full of ghosts.
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Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
17 June 2026
Noun
The ghosts of 1982 Austrian coach Ralf Rangnick was asked multiple times at a news conference Friday outside of Arrowhead Stadium about that shocking game at the 1982 World Cup.
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Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
26 June 2026
At Ojai, Lewis wistfully performed the solo prelude off in Libbey Park shrubbery as if a dallying forest spirit summoning ghosts of festivals past.
—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
As a child, Lindberg nearly died from complications of Reye's Syndrome, and he's been obsessed with ghosts ever since.
—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 June 2026
Now adults and estranged, the siblings battle perception, reality, legacy and plenty of ghosts.
—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
Co-stars include Aaron Paul and Bryce Dallas Howard in the story of two fraudulent paranormal investigators who are forced to face real ghosts and the lies underpinning their business.
—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
19 June 2026
The past and present are reduced to ghosts.
—
Jude Noel,
Pitchfork,
19 June 2026
In one case, while working on an excavation, archeologists spoke with a local woman who recalled that, in her childhood, anyone who had to go near the road at night would sprint past it for fear of ghosts.
—
Amelia Soth,
JSTOR Daily,
18 June 2026
The film’s opening finds the town deindustrialized and full of ghosts.
—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ghosts
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Thank you for a plethora of news on June 17 that didn’t crush our spirits.
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As one of the world’s largest spirits conglomerates, the company certainly had access to some choice, well-aged stocks.
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Their hoots and hollers drowned Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s explanation of how a title defense fell short.
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Wiseman said to hoots from the crowd of media gathered at the site.
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But the First Amendment is more than a few eloquent phrases about free speech, and its principles are far from historical relics.
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Even the rarest materials—Basra pearls, Golconda diamonds—get new life in a striking pair of earrings from Santi that mimic Maharaja ornamentation without feeling like ancient relics.
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For me, the purpose of art is to come to grips with the demons of the past, present, and future; to give form to chaos; to enable us to process fear; and to conceive of a different, more humane future.
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There are highs and lows, angels and demons.
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In other words, the additional money that our companies are shelling out to cover higher memory costs ultimately pads these three companies’ bottom lines.
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Adding the killer’s voice just pads an already too-long book.
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Today, the massive complex attracts paranormal investigators who report apparitions, voices, and other unexplained phenomena.
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Why then, when discussing body image after weight changes, is our culture reaching for the language of vexing apparitions and death?
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Zachary Stevenson’s performance replicates the nerdy-yet-hip Texan through impressive guitar licks and superb vocals that are equally comfortable with sweet ballads and on-the-edge rockabilly songs.
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Elk, deer, and buffalo had migrated to and from mineral licks throughout North America for millennia.
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Trade-secret doctrine, computer-fraud rules and contract terms all touch the issue, but none were written with tens of millions of API calls and synthetic reasoning traces in mind.
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Her collection preserves not only the traces of a public life, but evidence of a performer who refused to separate politics from performance and performance from ephemerality.
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“Ghosts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghosts. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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