variants
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
However, the specter of U.S. trade tariffs and subsequent macroeconomic uncertainty have threatened to once again hit consumer confidence and discretionary spending globally.
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Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 16 May 2025
The specter of relapse hovers over every blood test, every new ache or pain.
—David Armstrong, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
But with the specter of nuclear war, what India can achieve through military force is limited.
—Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 18 May 2025
She’s still haunted by the specter of Dr. Gorst (Joshua James), the Imperial Security Bureau officer who tortured her.
—Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2025
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Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 16 May 2025
The specter of relapse hovers over every blood test, every new ache or pain.
—David Armstrong, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
But with the specter of nuclear war, what India can achieve through military force is limited.
—Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 18 May 2025
She’s still haunted by the specter of Dr. Gorst (Joshua James), the Imperial Security Bureau officer who tortured her.
—Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for specter
Noun
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At some 2,000 feet, the Greene County property lies in the legendary haunts of Rip Van Winkle and has a direct view of Hunter Mountain ski slopes in front of it.—
John Oseid,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Residents now hope that Pope Leo’s election will bring the village redemption, starting with his old haunts.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
19 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
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With mighty Yankee Aaron Judge huffing and puffing at the plate, a lone insistent chant emerged from a Dodger fan lurking in the shadows.—
Bill Plaschke,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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President Trump's shadow is cast over this Sunday's presidential election runoff election, with polls showing a tight race between Warsaw’s mayor, Rafał Trzaskowski, and his conservative challenger, Karol Nawrocki.—
Chris Massaro,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2025
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The First Shadow was an effect as magical as the telekinetic wraiths emanating above the actors’ bodies.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
30 Apr. 2025
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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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Ray is an enigma and a mystery, a man who zips into town on a motorbike like a phantom and could just as easily evaporate at any minute.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
18 May 2025
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Season 4 continued to expand the paranormal world of Ghosts, with the funny phantoms developing new powers, the introduction of even more specters roaming the Woodstone grounds — and Jay (Utkarsh Ambudkar), finally able to see the ghosts his wife, Sam (Rose McIver) is always speaking with.—
Christopher Rudolph,
People.com,
9 May 2025
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The line-up of spooks will be familiar to fans of the British show, with some twists to account for French culture and history.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
4 Apr. 2025
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Maduro appears to trust Cuban officials more than his own: Cuban spooks—not Venezuelan ones—staff his own intelligence shop inside the presidential palace, meaning Havana knows more about what happens in Venezuela than most Venezuelan officials do.—
Moisés Naím,
Foreign Affairs,
28 Sep. 2021
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At the very end of Season 1, Peacemaker appears to be seeing and hearing his father's apparition; presumably Patrick will continue in that capacity and/or in flashbacks.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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As the music plays, apparitions of shamans and African tribal dancers begin to mingle with the crowd.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Specter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specter. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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