variants
or spectre
as in apparition
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
feeling so terrified that every shadow became a specter
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Recent Examples of specter
That specter serves as negotiating leverage for both the league and the MLB Players Association.
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Cody Stavenhagen,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 June 2026
Nothing else is working to banish the creepy specter of Jeffrey Epstein from his life.
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Maureen Dowd,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
The specter of rising living costs could then play a pivotal role in major political decisions over the next year.
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Alexis Akwagyiram,
semafor.com,
17 June 2026
New York — Kevin Warsh’s dream of becoming Federal Reserve chairman was nearly tarnished by the specter of having to confront simultaneous and conflicting challenges brewing in the US economy.
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Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for specter
Cody Stavenhagen,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 June 2026
Nothing else is working to banish the creepy specter of Jeffrey Epstein from his life.
—
Maureen Dowd,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
The specter of rising living costs could then play a pivotal role in major political decisions over the next year.
—
Alexis Akwagyiram,
semafor.com,
17 June 2026
New York — Kevin Warsh’s dream of becoming Federal Reserve chairman was nearly tarnished by the specter of having to confront simultaneous and conflicting challenges brewing in the US economy.
—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for specter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for specter
Noun
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Reports of strange sounds, apparitions, and unexplained encounters continue to attract visitors.
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Why then, when discussing body image after weight changes, is our culture reaching for the language of vexing apparitions and death?
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There are legends of ghost sightings and spooky happenings on the dirt road, like the woman who reportedly wanders it in the dark, crying out for her children.
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The ghosts of 1982 Austrian coach Ralf Rangnick was asked multiple times at a news conference Friday outside of Arrowhead Stadium about that shocking game at the 1982 World Cup.
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If American music in 1976 represented a collective, inquisitive, inventive American spirit of discovery, the semiquincentennial in the age of social media has become more about the individual identity.
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The spirit of a '90s summer vacation is alive and well in tropics-print caftans like this fresh-off-the-runway one from SHAN's SS27 Collection.
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That’s the £312 million phantom.
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Such a designation, evidently, would save agents from wasting time chasing phantoms.
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“Specter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specter. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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