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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The bright orange bucket, sporting Home Depot's logo, features jack-o'-lanterns, bats, ghosts, spiders and spiderwebs.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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The ghosts of the Federal Theatre still haunt the 102-year-old movie house, and David Lindoerfer has seen them.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Zoo will be joined by a second new maze based on the Bloody Mary apparition who can be summoned by anyone who turns out the lights and says her name into a mirror three times.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
12 Sep. 2025
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Ahead of the 500-year anniversary of the Virgin Mary’s apparition in Tepeyac, Mexico, the sculpture is embarking on a worldwide tour, with visits scheduled to Colombia, Puerto Rico and the Philippines, among other places.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
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In that spirit, the exhibition resists the expectation that women and non-binary artists must define themselves in contrast to a male norm.—
Caterina De Biasio,
Vogue,
11 Sep. 2025
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The spirit of his work, which earned him a humanism in medicine scholarship in medical school, is what prompted him to call Sutton-Schulman.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 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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Because contemporary phantoms of Richard Mille, Patek Philippe, and Rolex are expertly constructed to entice even the most discerning eye, provenance is crucial.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Wraith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wraith. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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