figment
Example Sentences
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As Kunimoto says, private-fund valuations are often “a figment of imagination.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
Who knows, maybe the daughter is a figment of her imagination too, though I don’t think the movie supports such a reading.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025
At the time, the threat from Hamilton was so distant as to be almost a figment of the imagination.
From BBC • Sep. 7, 2025
The figment of a carriage appears in the distance, steadily drawing closer in Thomas’ sight as the sound of horses’ hooves mimics his steadily increasing heartbeat.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024
“But it was probably just a figment of my overly active imagination.”
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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