as in ghost
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
an eccentric who claimed to have photographed an apparition in her very own house
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Recent Examples of apparition
The more apparitions that arrive, the more the Delta blues mashes up with hip-hop, rock, and other styles.
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EW.com, 19 Apr. 2025
But the 2025 apparition of Mars has been one of the poorer and more distant ones in the planet's 15-to-17-year cycle of oppositions near and far.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 13 June 2025
There also might be a few Netflix apparitions, like the would-be Nancy Meyers comeback rom-com.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025
The second planet from the sun was the beginning of a new apparition — a period when a planet is visible in the night sky — that will last for the remainder of 2025.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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EW.com, 19 Apr. 2025
But the 2025 apparition of Mars has been one of the poorer and more distant ones in the planet's 15-to-17-year cycle of oppositions near and far.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 13 June 2025
There also might be a few Netflix apparitions, like the would-be Nancy Meyers comeback rom-com.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025
The second planet from the sun was the beginning of a new apparition — a period when a planet is visible in the night sky — that will last for the remainder of 2025.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apparition
Noun
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Bok-i, the dog ghost, was the only guardian spirit.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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While there are plenty of museums and historic attractions to visit, the city also offers theme parks like Busch Gardens, ghost tours and several art museums. 8.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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Festivities will finish with a lantern lighting ceremony at around 8 p.m. Six stone lanterns and paper lanterns will be released on the Japanese Garden pond and the Frog Pond so that, according to the tradition, spirits can return to their resting places.—
Kathryn Kovalenko,
Twin Cities,
13 Aug. 2025
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For Gela, the spirits represent the fear of something.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
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Gesturing toward cinema’s roots in 19th-century phantom rides and panoramas, FELT finds a dynamic new form for the sensory experience of space and movement.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Aug. 2025
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While phantoms of female anxiety, emotion, and pain proliferate across each timeline, Alma, Erika, Angelika, and Lenka articulate their own budding coming-of-age achingly, exquisitely.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
21 July 2025
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“Apparition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apparition. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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