How to Use figment in a Sentence
figment
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By the end of the year Deadspin was a figment of its former self.
—Brian Stelter, CNN, 23 Dec. 2019
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The war on meat is no figment of the right’s imagination.
—Stephen Moore, WSJ, 9 May 2021
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One day, Velázquez’s vision of a dark Puerto Rico may be a figment of the past.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 2 Dec. 2022
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Even her jet-black ground is laid on fat and glossy; the fact of death seems, in these gestures, a vital figment.
—Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2018
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In the middle of kissing, Moe keeps seeing the figment of Noah instead of the real Vice.
—Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 15 June 2019
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The entire house of cards was just that, a figment, nothing real.
—Nick Bilton, The Hive, 8 June 2018
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Something known as the dialectic was said to be the key to progress, but nobody could make sense of this figment.
—David Pryce-Jones, National Review, 28 Apr. 2020
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Better to stick to figments, where the grass always smells freshly mown.
—Longreads, 9 Jan. 2018
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Back then, stocks thrived on hope, with little in the way of sales and profits a figment of someone’s spreadsheet.
—James MacKintosh, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2020
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There are now enough figments to fill an entire town, dubbed Lower Duck Pond.
—Cian Maher, The Verge, 1 Aug. 2019
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The thought of a home cooked meal on a weekday doesn’t have to remain a figment of your imagination.
—Gabrielle Judd, baltimoresun.com, 2 Nov. 2017
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Christie’s entire conceit is a fiction, a figment, a mirage — that is, a lie.
—Varad Mehta, Washington Examiner, 28 Dec. 2023
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That far away from Moscow, artists were a figment of the imagination.
—Marshall Yarbrough, Harper's Magazine, 18 Aug. 2020
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My newfound oil slick of a face wasn't a figment of my imagination.
—Health.com, 27 Sep. 2017
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Rather than being a mere figment of thought, the rock was tangibly real to Johnson.
—Kai Von Fintel, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2022
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The only problem is that Mr. Ozkaya’s find may be nothing more than a figment of his perception.
—Marc Mewshaw, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2017
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Kevin Durant, to them, is just an abstraction, a guy on the TV, a figment of their imaginations.
—New York Times, 2 June 2021
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As if the rampant killings of black men at the hands of police—with impunity—are a figment of our imaginations.
—Monique Judge, The Root, 31 May 2018
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Excuse me, but was Jalen Hurts a figment of my imagination last year?
—Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al.com, 18 July 2019
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Then another figment comes: a slave auction with Jones on the block, Southern belles fanning themselves in the crowd.
—Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2017
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Aioli, like beef, seems to be a figment of human imagination.
—Emily Dreyfuss, WIRED, 4 July 2019
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So, as Spencer opens in theaters this weekend, here’s a breakdown of what’s fact, and what is a figment of the auteur’s imagination.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2021
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But was the perception real or just a pleasurable figment conjured up by the gray goo?
—Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Jan. 2022
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But is the spider real or a figment of Jakub's imagination?
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2024
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The world’s millions of advice-hungry investors aren’t just a figment of the imagination.
—Michael Spellacy, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
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Stretched over 13 episodes, after George’s visit, this little figment of Meredith’s near-death state hasn’t taught us much about Meredith.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2021
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Could Monty be calling Clay or is this a figment of his imagination?
—Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 6 June 2020
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In the end, the entire video is revealed to be a figment of the taxi driver’s imagination while Doja is sitting as a passenger in his cab.
—Claire Shaffer, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2021
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In 2020, while Broadway is closed and TikTok is king, some of the most exciting theater is a figment of our imagination.
—Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2020
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That finale, of course, revealed much of the show to be a figment of Roseanne's imagination — so even if Dan didn't die from his heart attack, is Jackie still a lesbian?
—Emma Dibdin, Good Housekeeping, 18 Dec. 2017
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