as in haunting
of, relating to, or suggestive of a ghost
They spotted a spectral figure in the window of the old abandoned house.
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The Dressy Ghosts of Victorian Literature Matthew Wills July 30, 2021
Realism was exceptionally well suited (heh) for elaborate descriptions of spectral clothing.
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 28 Oct. 2024
This Halloween month, people can explore Pleasanton’s spectral side with the Museum on Main’s annual Ghost Walk.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2024
The spectral emission lasted for about 40 seconds and reached a peak energy of about 12 MeV, compared to 2 or 3 MeB for visible light, per the authors.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 26 July 2024
Her spectral trip-hop incantations are a departure from the maximalist, four-on-the-floor Brat bops ripping through the internet.
—Suzy Exposito, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2024
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 28 Oct. 2024
This Halloween month, people can explore Pleasanton’s spectral side with the Museum on Main’s annual Ghost Walk.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2024
The spectral emission lasted for about 40 seconds and reached a peak energy of about 12 MeV, compared to 2 or 3 MeB for visible light, per the authors.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 26 July 2024
Her spectral trip-hop incantations are a departure from the maximalist, four-on-the-floor Brat bops ripping through the internet.
—Suzy Exposito, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2024
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That film won best film while Laura Carreira’s haunting debut feature On Falling won the Sutherland Award in the First Feature Competition.Zac Ntim, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
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But the song’s piano version, recorded earlier in 2018, is sparser and even more haunting.Kristen S. Hé, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
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Rather than relying on constant scares or action, the film uses atmospheric horror, drawing on the eerie mood of the village and the surrounding countryside.Travis Bean, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
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Its hallways have been filled with strange musical melodies and other eerie sounds.Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
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But the youngsters' older siblings took costume ideas into their own hands, with Luna rocking a creepy black-and-red clown look while Miles dressed up and dabbed as DJ Marshmello.Jen Juneau, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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In the opening minutes, Ani gamely deflects creepy customer questions.Lily Burana, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
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The narrative arc of Ghosts follows a gentleman mysteriously endowed with supernatural abilities that frighten the residents of a phantom town.Ime Ekpo, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Tesla’s phantom braking problems are the subject of an ongoing investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2024
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Anne Hathaway Anne Hathaway is channeling New York with a scary twist by dressing up as a ghostly statue of liberty as Boo York City.Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
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The Devil Wears Prada star is channeling a ghostly statue of liberty as Boo York City, a frightening take on the city that never sleeps.EW Staff, EW.com, 27 Oct. 2024
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This episode of What’s Ahead describes how this scheme works and leads to voter confusion and weird, undemocratic results.Steve Forbes, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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The industry was also coming out of a weird time with all the shaky cam.Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Oct. 2024
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There was good and evil in the world—not in the colloquial sense but in the literal, supernatural sense.Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
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Seemingly supernatural encounters, locked rooms and secret passageways tease the question of whether the house is truly haunted, or whether the long-ago death was actually a murder.Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Spectral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spectral. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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