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also fantasm
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as in illusion
a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality
frightened by the phantasms of his own making
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as in apparition
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
believed that she'd seen the phantasm of her father on the anniversary of his death
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The phantasm jeers at me in this lecture theatre.
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Tega Oghenechovwen, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
There, like enormous catcher’s mitts, the detectors lie in wait for extremely rare collisions between one of these lumbering phantasms and an ordinary atom.
—Rachel Courtland, IEEE Spectrum, 1 May 2014
But eventually, the duo turned the phantasm into solid logic.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 July 2021
Southern lawmakers baselessly claimed Black men were lynched for raping White women -- a phantasm that still haunts Black men -- and asserted laws governing lynchings were best left to the states.
—Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN, 27 May 2021
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Tega Oghenechovwen, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
There, like enormous catcher’s mitts, the detectors lie in wait for extremely rare collisions between one of these lumbering phantasms and an ordinary atom.
—Rachel Courtland, IEEE Spectrum, 1 May 2014
But eventually, the duo turned the phantasm into solid logic.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 July 2021
Southern lawmakers baselessly claimed Black men were lynched for raping White women -- a phantasm that still haunts Black men -- and asserted laws governing lynchings were best left to the states.
—Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN, 27 May 2021
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Noun
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Hex Vision meanwhile dematerialized along with the rest of the illusion Wanda had conjured.Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 26 Oct. 2024
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Her father was Harry Blackstone Jr., a magician and television performer who learned the art of illusion from his dad, The Great Blackstone.Lynette Rice, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2024
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And in 1862, John Henry Pepper, a British scientist and popular lecturer, refined a projection technique that could create apparitions onstage during live theater productions.Andrea Kaston Tange, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
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This female apparition mourns alongside the family of the recently deceased.Noel Burgess, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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With the right planning and mindset, your dream of living abroad can become a reality.Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Eight-man team rising (Benjamin Royer / For The Times) Sherman Oaks CES has resurrected its eight-man football team in the City Section and could be headed to a dream season.Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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There's nothing in the footage about that questionable ghost, though!Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 3 Nov. 2024
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Because, like ghosts, loose ends can come back to haunt you.Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
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This announcement comes in tandem with the recent merger of the Benton and Washington County affiliates, allowing the nonprofit organization to scale its vision and resources, and ultimately multiply its impact across the region.Deb Harvell, arkansasonline.com, 27 Oct. 2024
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On Thursday, Bruce Springsteen performed at a Harris rally in Atlanta and will appear in Philadelphia on Monday. Between songs at his Atlanta appearance, Springsteen commended Harris and her vision for America’s future while decrying Donald Trump.Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 26 Oct. 2024
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Mary Holland is joining the cast as Patience, the ghost of an ultra-judgmental Puritan woman abandoned by gay Revolutionary War phantom Isaac (Brandon Scott Jones).Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
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Mistress of Evil on Disney+ 22 of 46 Phantom of the Megaplex In this 2000 film starring Taylor Handley and Mickey Rooney, 17-year-old Pete Riley (Handley) works at the local movie theater, which is rumored to be haunted by a phantom.Catherine Santino, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
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These delusions can appear in a number of different ways.Sherri Gordon, Health, 17 Oct. 2024
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The sound design booms and rattles, the delusions are even more elaborate, and the body horror is even bloodier and more disturbing.Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2024
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Yes, the unreality of Penelope’s fable-like frequency can be discombobulating; seasoned outdoors enthusiasts and Alone heads will probably pull their hair out at the lack of realistic detail.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
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Some kinds of hallucination, various psychedelic hallucinations among them, combine a sense of unreality with perceptual vividness, as does lucid dreaming.Anil K. Seth, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2019
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“Phantasm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phantasm. Accessed 9 Nov. 2024.
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