specter
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apparition, bogey (also bogie), familiar spirit, ghost, hant [dialect], haunt [chiefly dialect], materialization, phantasm (also fantasm), phantom, poltergeist, shade, shadow, spirit, spook, sprite, vision, visitant, wraith
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The judge presiding over the high-profile case raised the specter of contempt findings on Tuesday. — Los Angeles Times, "Newsletter: Unprecedented insight into how earthquakes start, via new research," 21 Aug. 2019 China further rattled markets on Monday by allowing its currency to sharply lose value against the US dollar, raising the specter of a full-blown currency war. — Matt Egan, CNN, "Hedge fund manager Kyle Bass wants Elizabeth Warren to be president: She 'would be a problem' for China," 8 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'specter.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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