phantom

Example Sentences

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It is a status symbol, rite of passage and phantom limb wrapped into one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

This appears to be an almost phantom trend: one where the reaction to it largely eclipses the impact the trend itself was having on social media.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

If the 300 billion figure is more phantom than real, it would mean that Venezuelan oil won’t pose nearly as much competition long-term to its closest competitor: Canadian heavy oil.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

The smell of dust and toner mixed with the butter-fat perfume of whatever phantom feast I was imagining.

From Salon • Oct. 14, 2025

Each of us holds in her lap a phantom, a ghost baby.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood