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
Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2025
The company can gain a sense of the marketplace by posting phantom jobs.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Ryan Waniata, Wired News, 2 Apr. 2025
To combat such phantoms, Georgian Dream has passed new legislation that criminalizes assembly and protest.
—Anastasiya Zavyalova, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
Standby power, also known as phantom power, is the power an item uses while it's turned off.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2025
The company can gain a sense of the marketplace by posting phantom jobs.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
Sony’s 360 Spatial Sound Mapping algorithm, which can create a phantom 5.1.4 system or higher from just four speakers, inspired vivid sonic immersion.
—Ryan Waniata, Wired News, 2 Apr. 2025
To combat such phantoms, Georgian Dream has passed new legislation that criminalizes assembly and protest.
—Anastasiya Zavyalova, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for phantom
Adjective
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But what were his motivations for the sculptural cut that reduced the body by a third, literally disabling all of the fetish’s functions except for those of its primary feature, the design, thereby intensifying it, endowing it even with an imaginary, almost futuristic acceleration?—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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Dairy farmers should not be the villains in an imaginary climate change narrative - they should be respected as part of the backbone of our state's rural economy and heritage.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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Instead, his presence is more like a ghost (literally at times), and a wedge between these two sisters.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
30 May 2025
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Nicole Ari Parker in And Just Like That Season 3 Craig Blankenhorn—Max Carrie’s ghosts must have stayed behind at the old apartment.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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That’s the assessment in Ari Aster’s Eddington, which views that collective national trauma through the microcosm of a fictitious New Mexico small town.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2025
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The trials and tribulations of the fictitious protagonist, however, have precedents.—
Angelica Frey,
JSTOR Daily,
9 Apr. 2025
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The series, originally from Monumental Television for the BBC in the UK, follows a young couple inherit a huge castle, only to find one of them can communicate with the various apparitions from history who already live there.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
3 June 2025
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The listing appeared suddenly, like an apparition from the era when Yoshi’s reigned as the Bay Area’s premiere jazz venue.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
6 Apr. 2025
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Let this lunation guide you toward experiences that ignite your spirit!—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 June 2025
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For your weekend Going out Sunday Funday: Australian actor Felix Mallard loves to surf and chase breakfast burritos on his perfect Sunday Funday in L.A. Celebrate Pride: With Pride Month officially beginning today, here are 11 fantastic ways to celebrate your creative L.A. spirit.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2025
Adjective
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What makes the book so extraordinary is that is functions as a de facto catalogue for a mythical Rolex museum, chock full of images of timepieces from every Rolex era, dating to 1908, three years after the brand was founded.—
Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
26 May 2025
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The mythical creature is said to be the origin of the first Vietnamese people.—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
23 May 2025
Adjective
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Set on the fictional New England island of New Penzance in the 1960s, Sam (Jared Gilman), an emotionally disturbed orphan, and Suzy (Kara Hayward), a sophisticated, yet troubled girl in the vein of Margot Tenenbaum, long to grow up and get away from the chaos that surrounds them.—
Shannon Carlin,
Time,
30 May 2025
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She was particularly taken by Keough and Claflin’s performances, as members of the fictional '70s rock band Daisy Jones & The Six.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
29 May 2025
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“Phantom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phantom. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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