as in ghostly
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Adjective
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That little tidbit of haunting history doesn’t have anything to do with the elk’s ghostly appearance.—
Amanda Kooser,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025 -
Vogue recently spoke to Walker about letting Tom Wolfe guide her expectations of present-day digital media, her favorite blog she’s ever written, the ghostly specter of the girlboss, and attempting to resist universalizing in her writing.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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Don’t expect to see Luke Skywalker in any of the upcoming films Lucasfilm has planned — even as a spectral Force Ghost.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
2 June 2025
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It was created from copper thread that had been braided and embroidered onto water-soluble fabric, then dissolved to leave spectral patterns of the thread.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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Is Sachiko merely a model for Etsuko to emulate, a phantom projection of what her future could be, or the older Etsuko’s distanced reflection of her past?—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
21 May 2025
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An investigation into the phantom cows scam and three of the firms behind it by Uruguay's Prosecutor's Office for Money Laundering Crimes is ongoing, Reuters reported.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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“Ghostlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghostlike. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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