as in ghost
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
the people who once lived here believed that their world was populated by wraiths and witches
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Recent Examples of wraith
This is a pen that is both weighty and lighthearted – fitting for the home of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, whose life of bonhomie and good cheer was disrupted by adventure and dragons and ring wraiths and war.
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
The First Shadow was an effect as magical as the telekinetic wraiths emanating above the actors’ bodies.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2025
Agatha is also being pursued by her ex, Rio Vidal (Aubrey Plaza), a powerful green witch, as well as the Salem Seven, vengeful wraiths of Agatha's first coven.
—Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
Many slide hopelessly back into lives as nearly invisible wraiths, measured in the intervals between fixes — and arrests.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
The First Shadow was an effect as magical as the telekinetic wraiths emanating above the actors’ bodies.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2025
Agatha is also being pursued by her ex, Rio Vidal (Aubrey Plaza), a powerful green witch, as well as the Salem Seven, vengeful wraiths of Agatha's first coven.
—Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
Many slide hopelessly back into lives as nearly invisible wraiths, measured in the intervals between fixes — and arrests.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wraith
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Starks’ dream is to someday visit the Warren Occult Museum in Connecticut, which is closed to the public, but open to guests who book overnight stays at the home of late, famed ghost hunters Ed and Lorraine Warren.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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Former teen heartthrob Devon Sawa briefly appeared at the end of Casper, playing the titular ghost's human form.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Oct. 2025
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Forced to participate in increasingly macabre rituals and tests, Giacomo is consumed by the sinister — as apparitions, ghosts and deadly rumors start to accumulate.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
29 Sep. 2025
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Central Staircase An eerie apparition of Mary Worth will appear at the top of the staircase.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
16 Sep. 2025
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Throughout an offseason devoted to expansive training, that spirit was on full display — including during the lively knockout games at Prentiss’ gym.—
Vincent Z. Mercogliano,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Wrangler and Filson have come together to create a collection that captures the spirit of the American frontier.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
1 Oct. 2025
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Staff also report hearing phantom singing in the visitors' area and a mysterious spirit rearranging the coins in the gift shop register.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Future Antarctic and radio-neutrino arrays will decide if ANITA glimpsed a phantom or a frontier.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Wraith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wraith. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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