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as in fairy
an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers
the child insisted that he'd seen a sprite hiding in the garden
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as in apparition
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
told hair-raising stories of sprites and spectral ships
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Recent Examples of sprite
The console’s processor, limited memory, and strict sprite and color constraints require developers to work extremely close to the metal.
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David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 31 Dec. 2025
This anti-elf sentiment proliferated across 31 states, including California, Colorado, Minnesota, New Jersey, Texas and Utah; however, 15 states, such as Alabama, Florida, New York and Pennsylvania, defended the sprite's charming nature.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 24 Dec. 2025
The video chip’s control registers, screen bitmaps, text-screen data, default and custom character sets, sprites, and color information all live in different locations scattered across memory, with some data actually living in separate RAM and ROM chips.
—Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Sep. 2025
So anyway, Paul and I. Teaming up to try to document red sprites, which are these electrical discharges that happen above thunderstorms.
—Outside Online, 17 Sep. 2025
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David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 31 Dec. 2025
This anti-elf sentiment proliferated across 31 states, including California, Colorado, Minnesota, New Jersey, Texas and Utah; however, 15 states, such as Alabama, Florida, New York and Pennsylvania, defended the sprite's charming nature.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 24 Dec. 2025
The video chip’s control registers, screen bitmaps, text-screen data, default and custom character sets, sprites, and color information all live in different locations scattered across memory, with some data actually living in separate RAM and ROM chips.
—Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Sep. 2025
So anyway, Paul and I. Teaming up to try to document red sprites, which are these electrical discharges that happen above thunderstorms.
—Outside Online, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sprite
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Everything feels more whimsical, more fairy-like, more nymph-coded, as if fashion itself is trying to mirror the romance of the natural world.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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Faie, the Chatty Puzzle-Solving Sidekick You are accompanied by Faie, the floating fairy sidekick, at all times.—
Gabriel Zamora,
PC Magazine,
18 May 2026
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Soon, the governess starts seeing the apparition of the former governess, Miss Jessel, and former valet, Peter Quint, both recently dead.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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The peak of Mercury's apparition (for latitude 40 degrees north) and its greatest elongation from the sun don't occur until the middle of June.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
2 May 2026
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The new version will still have the traditional arrow counting down the days to the holiday but also will include moving elves who are helping prepare things for Christmas.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
30 May 2026
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There’s also caviar and cookies and Christmas trees and Housewives and Bravolebrities, all surrounded by twink elves in Christmas G-strings.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
4 May 2026
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The ghost called Sidhangana, who acts as chorus, is the rainbow.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
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The series was an anthology hosted by the titular Frankelda, the ghost of an aspiring horror writer, who told stories about children encountering the paranormal.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
28 May 2026
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Beneath extraordinarily dry skies, travelers can watch the Milky Way stretch overhead while the Magellanic Clouds — two dwarf galaxies visible only from the southern hemisphere — slowly rotate around the south celestial pole.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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Many native and non-native shrubs that bloom in spring also are good nectar sources, such as dwarf fothergilla, chokeberry, winterberry holly, Virginia sweetspire, Carolina allspice, beautyberry and viburnums.—
Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2026
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This year, the festival continued but took a blow, with officials postponing the Strawberry Stomp 5K and parade, which usually showcases community spirit and guest celebrities.—
Victoria Le,
Oc Register,
24 May 2026
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An unexpected encounter with ancient spirits leaves the young son to navigate the project’s completion, and help reunite his family.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
24 May 2026
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OpenAI leaned into the curious habit, choosing to highlight the goblin-forbidding prompt in a tweet.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
30 Apr. 2026
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The maker of ChatGPT has an explanation for all the goblin talk.—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
30 Apr. 2026
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That’s the £312 million phantom.—
Maman Ibrahim,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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Such a designation, evidently, would save agents from wasting time chasing phantoms.—
Adam Ciralsky,
Vanity Fair,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Sprite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sprite. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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