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noun

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Recent Examples of phantom
Adjective
Is Sachiko merely a model for Etsuko to emulate, a phantom projection of what her future could be, or the older Etsuko’s distanced reflection of her past? Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 May 2025 An investigation into the phantom cows scam and three of the firms behind it by Uruguay's Prosecutor's Office for Money Laundering Crimes is ongoing, Reuters reported. Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Noun
See more on: Jeremy Renner Discover More in Health and Science Addressing Tinnitus: There aren’t many cures for people who hear phantom ringing or buzzing noises — but there are ways to manage the condition. Maggie Astor, New York Times, 2 May 2025 Other phantoms visit, including Darin’s early girlfriend Connie Francis (Gracie Lawrence), but all lovers fade in the face of larger losses. Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 2 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for phantom
Recent Examples of Synonyms for phantom
Adjective
  • Some will retreat from public life, spurning those closest to them in favor of an imaginary narrative woven with these programs.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2025
  • Since its inception, astronomers had busied themselves tracking the apparent movements of the stars, moon and planets relative to an imaginary line running north to south through the observatory, known as a 'meridian'.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 22 June 2025
Noun
  • Even in areas where plaintiffs theoretically have power—say, in mass tort litigation—Gatsby’s ghost lingers.
    Aron Solomon June 24, Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
  • On the big screen, he's taken on a wide range of roles, from the titular antihero in Hellboy (2019) and a not-so-jolly Santa Claus in Violent Night (2022) to a friendly ghost dad in We Have a Ghost (2023) and a former race car driver in Gran Turismo (2023).
    Allison DeGrushe Published, EW.com, 21 June 2025
Adjective
  • Although it was portrayed as the fictitious Amity island in the film, many of the location sites are still favorite destinations with travelers — less so for the traffic and tourist-averse year-round islanders.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 27 June 2025
  • Instead, the two lawyers achieved notoriety in 2023 when the judge in the case fined the pair $5,000 for citing six fictitious cases, invented by artificial intelligence software, in a brief to the court.
    Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • My ever-mutable container, my compact symmetrical spirit vehicle, nothing wasted, nothing lacking, like a dressmaker’s dummy.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
  • Although modern historians still debate the exact details of his role, Craig’s life story captures the entrepreneurial spirit, religious fervor, and frontier innovation that shaped early America and led to the creation of one of the world’s finest spirits.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • Even with the security, though, collectors and fans are able to get up close to items that may have previously seemed mythical.
    Larry Holder, New York Times, 21 June 2025
  • The electric Nebraska has become a mythical object for Springsteen fans over the years, and there’s been a lot of evidence suggesting the tapes do exist.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • The Hollywood Reporter can reveal that, under the multiyear deal, IMG Licensing will develop and manage a robust licensing program spanning Maas’s entire fictional universe with the aim of creating new touchpoints for her fervid fan base.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2025
  • In experiments set up to leave AI models few options and stress-test alignment, top systems from OpenAI, Google, and others frequently resorted to blackmail—and in an extreme case, even allowed fictional deaths—to protect their interests.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 June 2025

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“Phantom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phantom. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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