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Recent Examples of phantasm And sometimes the phantasms of artificial intelligence can prompt, in the prompter, genuine emotion. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2023 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 The album, produced by pop artisan Greg Kurstin (Adele, Paul McCartney), is a conceptual rumination on these apocalyptic times, from war to salvation with a sprinkle of biblical phantasm. Steven J. Horowitz, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2021 See All Example Sentences for phantasm
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Noun
  • The entire space was stunned by the illusion of water gushing and animals moving toward the audience.
    Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 28 May 2025
  • Donald Trump started selling the illusion of exclusivity half a century ago.
    Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • The series, originally from Monumental Television for the BBC in the UK, follows a young couple inherit a huge castle, only to find one of them can communicate with the various apparitions from history who already live there.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 3 June 2025
  • The listing appeared suddenly, like an apparition from the era when Yoshi’s reigned as the Bay Area’s premiere jazz venue.
    Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Ending this season with the Europa League Trophy was a dream come true.
    Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 2 June 2025
  • In 1963, Johnson moved from Elizabeth, N.J. to bustling 42nd Street to follow her dreams of being a Broadway star and to learn more about New York City’s gay community.
    Tourmaline, Time, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • Instead, his presence is more like a ghost (literally at times), and a wedge between these two sisters.
    Hunter Ingram, Variety, 30 May 2025
  • Nicole Ari Parker in And Just Like That Season 3 Craig Blankenhorn—Max Carrie’s ghosts must have stayed behind at the old apartment.
    Judy Berman, Time, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • Ultimately, much may depend on their vision for Nwaneri’s and Dowman’s ultimate positions — and the outcome of he former’s contract negotiations.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 6 June 2025
  • Applicants need to have a minimum 2.5 GPA, display a commitment to community and have a vision for their future, according to the 2025 application.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • Ray is an enigma and a mystery, a man who zips into town on a motorbike like a phantom and could just as easily evaporate at any minute.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 18 May 2025
  • Season 4 continued to expand the paranormal world of Ghosts, with the funny phantoms developing new powers, the introduction of even more specters roaming the Woodstone grounds — and Jay (Utkarsh Ambudkar), finally able to see the ghosts his wife, Sam (Rose McIver) is always speaking with.
    Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • But planted within that picture was a glimmer of hope — or maybe delusion — for Sabres fans.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 22 May 2025
  • Researchers noted the positive effects of ecstatic epilepsy and synthesized fifty-three theoretical models of delusion.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • The movie itself is something of a trip; everything feels coated in a faint, menacing sheen of unreality, as if a slasher movie were just a wild twist or two away.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
  • An eerie sense of unreality runs through The Plague, which premiered at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard sidebar.
    Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025

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“Phantasm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phantasm. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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