as in mythic
not real and existing only in the imagination
had spent a restless night during which he was visited by a series of phantasmic figures
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Adjective
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Our mayor and City Council must stop pandering to developers by approving zoning laws based on fast, frequent, imaginary, future public transit.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
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On top of that, Vancouver was right next door, and there was no imaginary border that made Richmond feel like an enclave.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Jan. 2025
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According to the folklore, a mythical beast would come and devour villagers and livestock each Chinese New Year, but the beast was afraid of loud noises and the color red.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Jan. 2025
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Villagers dressed as cranes, roosters and mythical lions pose for portraits standing amid crops or in fallow farmland.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN,
28 Jan. 2025
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The contractor, for example, operates under a fictitious name.—
Lawrence Mower,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, the text suggests that Saulos, his accomplice, engaged in the fictitious sale and manumission of slaves while forging documents to cover their tracks.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Ukraine is a fictional state...the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.—
Maya Mehrara,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Terms & Conditions, a kinetic blend of a fictional Afro-futurist narrative, archival research on decades of Black visual and multimedia work, and personal history.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Phantasmic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phantasmic. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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