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Recent Examples of ghostlike
Diners have toasted to him ever since, trading stories of feeling ghostlike brushes along their legs during Lowcountry meals.
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Chelsea Brasted, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
Chelsea Brasted, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ghostlike
Adjective
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Bryce Dallas Howard is getting ghostly.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Apr. 2026
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Sadie Benning and Michael Almereyda have found ghostly, evocative textures using Pixelvision, a Fisher-Price toy camera from the late 1980s.—
Dennis Lim,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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In 2016, there was the deliciously funky The New Breed, named for his late father’s African American apparel store in Connecticut, and the spectral Slight Freedom.—
Grayson Haver Currin,
Pitchfork,
30 Apr. 2026
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In this haunting and visually inventive documentary, a spectral voice drifts through time and memory to trace the Maidan revolution and the roots of resistance in Ukraine.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
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Why phantom income matters Phantom income can create a mismatch between your company’s (or your household’s) tax liability versus its cash flow.—
byDoug Ashburn,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
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Per 9News, the phantom warrant seems to trace back to a data entry error in a warrant issued out of Gilpin County, Colorado.—
Joe Wilkins,
Futurism,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Ghostlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghostlike. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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