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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
Pulse is a ghost story, featuring two interwoven storylines about young Tokyoites who begin to see and hear strange apparitions flitting across their computer screens.
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Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
Throughout modern history, visitors have reported ghostly apparitions according to Scary Stories of Mammoth Cave.
—Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
Over the years, those apparitions have become just as much of a fixture in the Palace as the ornamental turrets and columns.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Oct. 2025
In Good Boy, Indy investigates strange noises and ghostly apparitions in the remote country house.
—Laura Martin, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
In winter, breath crystallizes in the air, and the animals resemble pale apparitions in an otherworldly landscape of snow and ice.
—Susan Portnoy, AFAR Media, 3 Oct. 2025
Forced to participate in increasingly macabre rituals and tests, Giacomo is consumed by the sinister — as apparitions, ghosts and deadly rumors start to accumulate.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2025
Forced to participate in increasingly macabre rituals and tests, Giacomo is consumed by the sinister — as apparitions, ghosts and deadly rumors start to accumulate.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
Ghosts have haunted cinema since the beginning, with some early viewers comparing onscreen people to apparitions.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
Throughout modern history, visitors have reported ghostly apparitions according to Scary Stories of Mammoth Cave.
—Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
Over the years, those apparitions have become just as much of a fixture in the Palace as the ornamental turrets and columns.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Oct. 2025
In Good Boy, Indy investigates strange noises and ghostly apparitions in the remote country house.
—Laura Martin, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
In winter, breath crystallizes in the air, and the animals resemble pale apparitions in an otherworldly landscape of snow and ice.
—Susan Portnoy, AFAR Media, 3 Oct. 2025
Forced to participate in increasingly macabre rituals and tests, Giacomo is consumed by the sinister — as apparitions, ghosts and deadly rumors start to accumulate.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2025
Forced to participate in increasingly macabre rituals and tests, Giacomo is consumed by the sinister — as apparitions, ghosts and deadly rumors start to accumulate.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
Ghosts have haunted cinema since the beginning, with some early viewers comparing onscreen people to apparitions.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apparitions
Noun
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The 40th release, however, marks the first time the brand has ever released a tequila—an extra añejo blend put together by a leading name in the agave spirits industry.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
5 Nov. 2025
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Cushla’s world is full of defiant spirits, including her mother, a woman struggling with addiction who spends most of her days bound to her living room and the bottom of a bottle.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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So many of its highlights are in black and white, and so many of its GOATs are ghosts, that the former national pastime is easily dismissed as past its prime.—
Steve Rushin,
The Atlantic,
2 Nov. 2025
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The exhibition will unfold with an introductory sound installation leading into a hallway that introduces six galleries with themes of gothic, psychological, science, slasher, religion and ghosts.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There are long shadows on the ground.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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However, a telescope with an aperture of 6-inches or more with a magnification between 100X to 150X under good atmospheric conditions will provide a good view of the shadows, while helping to resolve details in the gas giant's stormy surface.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Other artists address psychological and ecological rupture, from Shirin Neshat’s haunting meditations on freedom to Sharbendu De’s visions of climate futures.—
PhotoVogue,
Vogue,
25 Oct. 2025
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His new visions are shattered by an explosion of light and color as, beneath his fist, the green light blazes, the kyber crystal of the Jedi screaming in corruption and cowardice, in fear and loathing—the lies of the Jedi revealed at last.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Apparitions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apparitions. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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