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Adjective
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This isn’t the first time that Beatriz has drawn ghostly spirits out of Mexican history.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
7 Jan. 2026 -
The book’s heroine, Catherine Morland, is an avid reader of the popular novels of the day, and has a specific fondness for Ann Radcliffe’s real-life 1794 best seller, The Mysteries of Udolpho, a tale of ghostly figures and hidden manuscripts.—
Erin Somers,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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The 163-inch display introduces an industry-first four-primary RGBY MicroLED architecture, adding yellow to address a spectral gap between 500 and 600 nanometers that can mute color fidelity in conventional MicroLED panels.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Jan. 2026
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One group showed that nonbiological gases, including propyne, could reproduce the same spectral features without invoking life, while another concluded that the JWST signal was too noisy or too weak to draw definitive conclusions.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
26 Dec. 2025
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In phantom endovascular models, the robot successfully navigated through tortuous vessel-like structures, demonstrating the technique’s potential for minimally invasive vascular interventions.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Jan. 2026
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While headlines celebrated a soft landing, the underlying labor market was experiencing a phantom jobs reversal.—
Katica Roy,
Fortune,
31 Dec. 2025
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“Ghostlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghostlike. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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