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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 statue appeared to be a sprite, a depiction of a mythical being that serves as a guardian over the land.
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Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 4 Dec. 2024
The top-down adventure has you, as a tiny Link sprite, proceed through the strange Koholint Island after being shipwrecked.
—Ashley Bardhan, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
The day this absurd, magical, laugh-out-loud-good little sprite of a footballer skips away into the past tense.
—Jack Lang, The Athletic, 14 July 2024
Developers are now using the code to see how many two-dimensional objects—known as sprites—HTML5 can generate at a time.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2011
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Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 4 Dec. 2024
The top-down adventure has you, as a tiny Link sprite, proceed through the strange Koholint Island after being shipwrecked.
—Ashley Bardhan, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
The day this absurd, magical, laugh-out-loud-good little sprite of a footballer skips away into the past tense.
—Jack Lang, The Athletic, 14 July 2024
Developers are now using the code to see how many two-dimensional objects—known as sprites—HTML5 can generate at a time.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2011
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There have been no sightings, no fleeting apparitions.David Ornstein, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Harker’s lonely investigations are often interrupted by jump scares courtesy of dark apparitions with the silhouettes of nesting dolls.Beatrice Loayza, Vulture, 12 July 2024
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Arrietty Next in is Arrietty, who does elf drag by whitening the triangle between her eyebrows to the extreme.Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2025
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Techno music blasted as the singer showed off the elf's DJ booth from all angles.Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
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There will be more hiking through desolate, wide-open spaces, more ghosts, and, of course, more unhinged metamodern storytelling.Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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Located on a former plantation, there are stories about the ghosts of enslaved people frequenting the area around the oak, contributing to its spiritual atmosphere.Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2025
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So as ghosts and goblins roam the streets this Halloween season, remember that market fears, like shadows in the night, are often more frightening in our imagination than in reality.Robert Daugherty, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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The event, at the Denver Savoy, will also feature a custom mini-labyrinth and a goblin band in addition to The Whimsy of Things.John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2024
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Popularized by the Romans as a shield from evil spirits, the choices today are far more modern—although honestly, some additional good vibes insurance is never a bad thing.Kiana Murden, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2025
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Over 45 gallons of spirits, wine, and beer were served to 55 men in attendance.Christian Schneider, National Review, 9 Jan. 2025
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Listen to this article San Diego Symphony organ curator Bob Knight will never be mistaken for the phantom of the opera.George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
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This character is essentially a phantom to you until the very end of Elden Ring.Ashley Bardhan, Vulture, 17 June 2024
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Emperor tamarins are dwarf monkeys with whiskers that resemble a white moustache.Robert Higgs, cleveland, 1 Feb. 2023
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The dwarf variety grows to be about 5 to 7 feet, ideal for a small garden or accent in a room with limited space.Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Jan. 2023
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The Unseelie Court is the bastion of malevolent faeries who harm humans for their amusement or to exact revenge.Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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That’s in addition to the strange creatures that roam the countryside such as faeries and dragon.Rob Wieland, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Sprite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sprite. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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