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figment

[fig-muhnt] / ˈfɪg mənt /


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Oddly, she appears as a sort of confidante with whom Odysseus speaks at intervals, and might be a figment of his imagination.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

The revs are but an airy figment in your febrile mind.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 28, 2026

But how well will they win - and how intoxicating will that half-back partnership prove now that it is almost a reality rather than an exciting figment of the imagination?

From BBC Jul. 1, 2025

“He’s in great shape. We were talking hitting. Obviously, he’s a huge fan of Shohei. I told him, ‘I always thought he was a figment of my imagination.’

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 13, 2024

Bailey is debating whether or not it is a figment of his imagination when the man looks over at him, his eyes surprisingly bright, though Bailey cannot discern their color.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

We meet them before we meet Sally and Theo, and whether they are figments or not, they are unmistakably haunting the new occupant who’s writing about them.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 14, 2026

In many ways, these trademarks have become figments of individuals’ identity.

From Slate Feb. 13, 2024

But that's the issue, we have fictionalized a real-life relationship with our very own elusive figments of our imagination.

From Salon Sep. 9, 2023

The legendary teams coached by Marv Levy and quarterbacked by Jim Kelly, they almost seemed like figments relegated to NFL Films footage.

From Washington Post Jan. 22, 2023

Suppose all of these houses aren’t real at all, this bed not real, but only figments of my own imagination, given substance by telepathy and hypnosis through the Martians, thought Captain John Black.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury




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