as in ghost
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
an eccentric who claimed to have photographed an apparition in her very own house
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Recent Examples of apparition
The more apparitions that arrive, the more the Delta blues mashes up with hip-hop, rock, and other styles.
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EW.com, 19 Apr. 2025
But the 2025 apparition of Mars has been one of the poorer and more distant ones in the planet's 15-to-17-year cycle of oppositions near and far.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 13 June 2025
There also might be a few Netflix apparitions, like the would-be Nancy Meyers comeback rom-com.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025
The second planet from the sun was the beginning of a new apparition — a period when a planet is visible in the night sky — that will last for the remainder of 2025.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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EW.com, 19 Apr. 2025
But the 2025 apparition of Mars has been one of the poorer and more distant ones in the planet's 15-to-17-year cycle of oppositions near and far.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 13 June 2025
There also might be a few Netflix apparitions, like the would-be Nancy Meyers comeback rom-com.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025
The second planet from the sun was the beginning of a new apparition — a period when a planet is visible in the night sky — that will last for the remainder of 2025.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apparition
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In the present, Belly whips the bracelet Jere brought her back from Cabo across the room and shuffles around campus like a ghost, seeing visions of him everywhere.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
16 July 2025
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Also, the fact that Ken gets cursed by a crazy old ghost actually helps Momo in her alien abduction predicament, with Momo’s newfound spiritual abilities helping to curb Ken’s curse.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
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Each meal service is also accompanied by a variety of premium wine and spirits as well as soft drinks.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
20 July 2025
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Nearby is also Saint Paul Mountain Farms, an orchard and vineyard producing local wines, hard ciders and spirits.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
20 July 2025
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Joy Behar's militia of terroristic digital devices, aural phantoms followedThe View moderator back to her post and wasted no time making their presence known at the top of Monday's episode.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
7 July 2025
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Rubin hopes to tally these same sorts of deep-space particles, the kind that all of Earth is constantly microdosing, phantom starlight from the farthest reaches of the universe.—
Michael Jones McKean,
The Atlantic,
23 June 2025
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“Apparition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apparition. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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