Thesaurus results for APPARITIONS

apparitions

noun

plural of apparition

as in spirits

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 apparitions The museum site has been a paranormal hotbed for decades, with sightings of apparitions, security camera footage capturing items flying off shelves, as well as experiences from staff members and visitors. —

Gregory Harutunian, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026 There certainly seem to be apparitions in this music, some presence apart from the four musicians and the throngs of fans, which is intensified by the visceral collision of so many sounds. —

Stephen M. Deusner, Pitchfork, 27 Apr. 2026 Those themes are alive here, as the ghosts who visit Depp’s Scrooge are intricate, terrifying apparitions not suitable for the whole family. —

Brent Lang, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026 Acosta’s bright shapes could be seen as apparitions of a sort. —

Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026 The small museum, which opened last year, covers the creatures, apparitions and mysteries eluding prosaic explanation. —

Adam Kuehl, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026 The image combines each planet's nightly positions during separate 2025 apparitions, assembled by astrophotographer Petr Horálek, a NOIRLab Audiovisual Ambassador. —

Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2026 Sam slips back into her addiction and as her alcoholism worsens, so do the visions and apparitions that seem to be haunting the forest. —

Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026 One of the most stunning exhibitions of the year put the spotlight on Our Lady of Guadalupe, which has a long history dating back to 1531, tied to four apparitions of the Virgin Mary to a peasant in Mexico. —

Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025

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Activist spirits might dismiss this emphasis on the purely sonic as a strategy of avoidance, although the likes of Feizabadi and Kourliandski can’t be accused of sitting idly by.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
There are flavored vodkas like strawberry and blueberry, agave spirits and gin.

— Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2026