as in imaginary
not real and existing only in the imagination
the company claimed that the only hazards involving its product were the phantom dangers created by consumer groups
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as in ghost
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
Halloween is supposed to be a time when phantoms return to walk among us
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Recent Examples of phantom
Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Critics argued that Angel was essentially goosing its own box office receipts by persuading a passionate fan base to bankroll phantom tickets: enamored zealots shelling out for empty seats.
—Calum Marsh, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Ryan Waniata, Wired News, 2 Apr. 2025
To combat such phantoms, Georgian Dream has passed new legislation that criminalizes assembly and protest.
—Anastasiya Zavyalova, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
The company can gain a sense of the marketplace by posting phantom jobs.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Critics argued that Angel was essentially goosing its own box office receipts by persuading a passionate fan base to bankroll phantom tickets: enamored zealots shelling out for empty seats.
—Calum Marsh, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
Sony’s 360 Spatial Sound Mapping algorithm, which can create a phantom 5.1.4 system or higher from just four speakers, inspired vivid sonic immersion.
—Ryan Waniata, Wired News, 2 Apr. 2025
To combat such phantoms, Georgian Dream has passed new legislation that criminalizes assembly and protest.
—Anastasiya Zavyalova, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for phantom
Adjective
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Draw an imaginary line from the magnitude 2.3 star Merak, which forms the outer base of the 'bowl', through Dubhe, the star positioned as the 'pouring tip' of the asterism.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
20 May 2025
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The mastermind behind covert action, Frank Wisner, never paused to consider that his cure for defeating an imaginary worldwide communist conspiracy was worse than the disease.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
15 May 2025
Noun
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Her mother stalked the perimeter of the grave, faced with a philosophical question: how to take pictures of the ass of a ghost.—
Patricia Lockwood,
New Yorker,
18 May 2025
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One of my first ideas was wondering how a ghost could exist in contemporary society.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 May 2025
Adjective
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The Scheme To carry out the fraud scheme, the defendants and their co-conspirators created fictitious employers and lists of alleged employees—those lists were generated using personally identifiable information (PII) gleaned from thousands of identity theft victims.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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When Noah Wyle reunited with ER producers John Wells and R. Scott Gemmill to make HBO Max’s The Pitt, the plan was to offer a realistic portrayal of healthcare today through the lens of harried pros working in a fictitious Pittsburgh hospital.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
20 May 2025
Noun
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At the very end of Season 1, Peacemaker appears to be seeing and hearing his father's apparition; presumably Patrick will continue in that capacity and/or in flashbacks.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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As the music plays, apparitions of shamans and African tribal dancers begin to mingle with the crowd.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This workaround defeats the spirit of the deferral rules.—
Andre Pennington,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations toward a Ceasefire and, more importantly, an END to the War … The tone and spirit of the conversation were excellent.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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The green obsidian was also thought to have a symbolic connection to Tollan, a mythical city where the god Quetzalcoatl lived, which was believed to be the ancestral origin of Mexico’s civilizations.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
16 May 2025
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Helios, the Greek god of the sun, and Luna, the mythical goddess of the moon, stand guard at either end of Celestial Park.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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Ready to swap the real-world drama for a fictional web of secrets and lies?—
Andrea Bartz,
People.com,
18 May 2025
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It’s set in the (fictional) city of Eddington, NM, where the local sheriff, Joaquin Phoenix’s Joe Cross, tools around town responding to minor crises like noise complaints.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
17 May 2025
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“Phantom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phantom. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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