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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
But the specter of a work stoppage has loomed over the sport ever since.
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Andy McCullough, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
More recently, the specter of legal actions surfaced in a much lighter vein.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 17 Feb. 2026
Katerra still hangs over the industry like a specter.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
But throughout his visit, remained the specter of his uncle, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who has been stripped of his titles and royal mansion because of his relationship with Epstein.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 14 Feb. 2026
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Andy McCullough, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
More recently, the specter of legal actions surfaced in a much lighter vein.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 17 Feb. 2026
Katerra still hangs over the industry like a specter.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
But throughout his visit, remained the specter of his uncle, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who has been stripped of his titles and royal mansion because of his relationship with Epstein.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 14 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for specter
Noun
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As the 14-year-old child of a poor family in 1858, Saint Bernadette experienced numerous apparitions of a young woman in a cave or grotto, seemingly the Virgin Mary, asking for a chapel to be built on the site.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2026
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Our Lady, a revered apparition of the Virgin Mary, asked why Flores-Gomez had stopped singing to her.—
Alyssa N. Salcedo,
jsonline.com,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Elytra Dark will serve as a transfer vehicle to bring the Blue ghost lander to the moon.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 Feb. 2026
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It was originally supposed to be a story with more ghosts and such, but the real-world system the film presents was horror enough.—
Blake Simons,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2026
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The most widespread Games in history created distinct pockets of Olympic spirit separated by hours on trains and miles of winding mountain roads.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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And in that spirit, three strong disagreements with these arguments.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The Stygiomedusa gigantea, commonly known as the giant phantom jelly, was filmed at 250 meters below the surface.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
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Old Town The belltower looms like a phantom.—
Chen Yuhong,
The Dial,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Specter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specter. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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