phantom
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That means for every dollar a state recovers by hunting down a fraudulent home health agency or a phantom hospice, less than 35 cents return to the state treasury.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
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
They concluded that the chatbots appropriately identified problematic prompts, like a feeling of being watched by phantom people or feeling personally persecuted by the government, as a developing delusion only about half the time.
From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026
Justice, a voice said, a newer ghost in the house stretching phantom limbs and reaching out.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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