as in spectral
of or relating to a ghost
A ghostly figure appears in the house at night.
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Recent Examples of ghostly
The ghostly ruins, frozen in time, became a tableau that archaeologists have investigated since 1748.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 7 Dec. 2025
Some of her images have a ghostly depth.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2025
Since his debut in 1980, the iconic yellow has been gobbling PAC-Dots and colorful fruits while dodging his ghostly foes Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025
Objects appear to get lost in the frame like ghostly figures.
—Adrian Madlener, Curbed, 24 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ghostly
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The 163-inch display introduces an industry-first four-primary RGBY MicroLED architecture, adding yellow to address a spectral gap between 500 and 600 nanometers that can mute color fidelity in conventional MicroLED panels.—
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One group showed that nonbiological gases, including propyne, could reproduce the same spectral features without invoking life, while another concluded that the JWST signal was too noisy or too weak to draw definitive conclusions.—
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In phantom endovascular models, the robot successfully navigated through tortuous vessel-like structures, demonstrating the technique’s potential for minimally invasive vascular interventions.—
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While headlines celebrated a soft landing, the underlying labor market was experiencing a phantom jobs reversal.—
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“Ghostly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghostly. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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