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as in spirits
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
looked for ghosts in the graveyard on Halloween
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as in damns
the smallest amount or part imaginable
she may be a good endurance runner, but she doesn't stand a ghost of a chance of winning in a sprint
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as in relics
a tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished
the down-at-the-heels town house is but a ghost of the neighborhood's former grandeur
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as in demons
an evil spirit
the vengeful ghosts of seamen who were deliberately shipwrecked upon these shores
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Recent Examples of ghosts
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
The savory along the river is teeming with bees, and small white moths light among the ghosts of withered bergamot.
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Meghan O’Gieblyn,
Harpers Magazine,
30 June 2026
Possibly the biggest Korean release of the summer, this dark fantasy historical thriller stars Nam Joo-hyuk as Gu-cheon, a man who can traverse the world of ghosts, alongside Roh Yoon-seo as Saeng-gang, a court lady carrying a dangerous secret.
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Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Typically, ghosts show up in literature when something that has been repressed escapes and becomes everyone’s problem.
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Sarah Schulman,
Literary Hub,
29 June 2026
Mexico City is home to England’s World Cup ghosts after hosting the quarter-final defeat to Argentina in 1986.
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Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
28 June 2026
This bed and breakfast is said to be haunted by more than a dozen spirits, including the ghosts of Civil War soldiers and a woman who once owned the early 1800s home.
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Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
27 June 2026
The ghosts of 1982 Austrian coach Ralf Rangnick was asked multiple times at a news conference Friday outside of Arrowhead Stadium about that shocking game at the 1982 World Cup.
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Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
26 June 2026
At Ojai, Lewis wistfully performed the solo prelude off in Libbey Park shrubbery as if a dallying forest spirit summoning ghosts of festivals past.
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Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
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It could be argued baseball isn't America's pastime any longer, yet there's something poetic and haunting in this beautiful film that explores the sport as well as ghosts of our past.
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
The savory along the river is teeming with bees, and small white moths light among the ghosts of withered bergamot.
—
Meghan O’Gieblyn,
Harpers Magazine,
30 June 2026
Possibly the biggest Korean release of the summer, this dark fantasy historical thriller stars Nam Joo-hyuk as Gu-cheon, a man who can traverse the world of ghosts, alongside Roh Yoon-seo as Saeng-gang, a court lady carrying a dangerous secret.
—
Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Typically, ghosts show up in literature when something that has been repressed escapes and becomes everyone’s problem.
—
Sarah Schulman,
Literary Hub,
29 June 2026
Mexico City is home to England’s World Cup ghosts after hosting the quarter-final defeat to Argentina in 1986.
—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
28 June 2026
This bed and breakfast is said to be haunted by more than a dozen spirits, including the ghosts of Civil War soldiers and a woman who once owned the early 1800s home.
—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
27 June 2026
The ghosts of 1982 Austrian coach Ralf Rangnick was asked multiple times at a news conference Friday outside of Arrowhead Stadium about that shocking game at the 1982 World Cup.
—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
26 June 2026
At Ojai, Lewis wistfully performed the solo prelude off in Libbey Park shrubbery as if a dallying forest spirit summoning ghosts of festivals past.
—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ghosts
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Koval Distillery, Chicago’s first legal post-Prohibition distillery, produces spirits as artful as its bottle designs and Vin312 Winery has grown from its owner’s garage into a full-fledged tasting room.
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The release continues Tamworth’s tradition of creating spirits inspired by the natural world around its rural New Hampshire home.
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Their hoots and hollers drowned Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s explanation of how a title defense fell short.
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Wiseman said to hoots from the crowd of media gathered at the site.
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There are also permanent upgrades to health and attack power, as well as rare relics that enable unique skills, like multiple jumps.
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Museum of Miami The Museum of Miami, formerly HistoryMiami, holds the relics and artifacts that were excavated at the Miami Circle.
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Wynonna, with help from her younger sister, the town’s sheriff and an infamous Wild West gunslinger, must save her hometown from demons and other supernatural creatures.
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In the film, Tanjiro, Nezuko and the Hashira are drawn into the Infinity Castle, where the Demon Slayer Corps must confront the terrifying Upper Rank demons.
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In other words, the additional money that our companies are shelling out to cover higher memory costs ultimately pads these three companies’ bottom lines.
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Adding the killer’s voice just pads an already too-long book.
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Today, the massive complex attracts paranormal investigators who report apparitions, voices, and other unexplained phenomena.
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Why then, when discussing body image after weight changes, is our culture reaching for the language of vexing apparitions and death?
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Zachary Stevenson’s performance replicates the nerdy-yet-hip Texan through impressive guitar licks and superb vocals that are equally comfortable with sweet ballads and on-the-edge rockabilly songs.
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Elk, deer, and buffalo had migrated to and from mineral licks throughout North America for millennia.
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To optimize that, memory must be soldered extremely close to the CPU to reduce the length of the motherboard's traces (circuit lines).
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When its inevitable end arrives, the sun’s core will exhaust the last traces of hydrogen fuel and kick off the first stellar death pangs.
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“Ghosts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghosts. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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