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phantasmal

[fan-taz-muhl] / fænˈtæz məl /


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This phantasmal region holds a particular lure for Osborn—not simply to uncover its hidden biodiversity but also to find out how living things can survive such extreme conditions.

From National Geographic Feb. 13, 2024

That phantasmal sound, that subliminal beat, untethered to time but bound to the Earth, informed Gay’s approach to the album.

From Washington Post Nov. 18, 2021

The lighting transforms them into phantasmal silhouettes, like blurred figures from an old photograph album.

From New York Times Mar. 5, 2020

In these phantasmal moments there was also a certain practicality.

From The New Yorker Mar. 4, 2019

Away from the lakeshore the land rises gently and then abruptly to form the desiccated, phantasmal badlands of Anza- Borrego.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer




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