apparition
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bogey (also bogie), familiar spirit, ghost, hant [dialect], haunt [chiefly dialect], materialization, phantasm (also fantasm), phantom, poltergeist, shade, shadow, specter (or spectre), spirit, spook, sprite, vision, visitant, wraith
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The rogue image flashed first like an apparition, a spectral splash across billboards, spreading from Allentown to Wilmington to Trenton. — Jacob Feldman, SI.com, "Mystery: Who Bought Those ‘Zeke Who?’ Billboards in Philadelphia?," 29 Aug. 2019 Executed on translucent silk that reveals the underlying structure of the stretcher bars, the painting itself feels like an apparition. — Sharon Mizota, latimes.com, "Art as a portal to Korean ancestors? The mesmerizing work of Hanna Hur," 1 July 2019 One is a terrific documentary about a glorious writer, returning to town; one, a true rarity, is a ghostly apparition from the year 1931, revealing a side of our city rarely seen on film. — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, "Need a couple of movies to tell you the truth? You’re in luck. They’re coming to Chicago.," 15 Aug. 2019 Up to that point, the boy has simply been terrified by the ghostly apparitions that appear around him bearing their gruesome, fatal wounds. — Christian Holub, EW.com, "M. Night Shyamalan reflects on a classic Sixth Sense scene, 20 years later," 6 Aug. 2019 The aquatic mammal of the title appears as an omen, an apparition, two ships’ names, and carved and painted keepsakes. — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, "A deep dive into the tale of Pericles," 13 June 2019 This relatively new apparition on the city’s skyline makes highway passersby wonder what’s happening inside such an arresting structure. — David Holahan, courant.com, "Connecticut Science Center: Where learning is fun and serious business, too," 11 July 2019 Complicating matters, the instances of luminosity around earthquakes don't all look the same, sparking theories that range from plain old lightning to UFOs and otherworldly apparitions. — Christina Nunez, National Geographic, "Earthquake lights, explained," 16 Apr. 2019 That makes the 1859 apparition site, flanked by farmland, a place of pilgrimage for people from around the world. — Mary Bergin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "3 small towns for a summer getaway in Wisconsin," 11 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'apparition.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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