apparition
noun
ap·pa·ri·tion
ˌa-pə-ˈri-shən 
1
a
: an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon
strange apparitions in the sky
b
: a ghostly figure
reported seeing ghostly apparitions in the old house
2
: the act of becoming visible : appearance
the apparition of sunlight through the window
Examples of apparition in a Sentence
an eccentric who claimed to have photographed an apparition in her very own house
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Zoe, as an apparition, is both the cause and relief to her pain.
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Jake Coyle, Boston Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
In one of the film’s more startling moments, Shiri and Yarden Bibas and other residents of Kibbutz Nir Oz — many of whom, including Shiri Bibas and her two children, are now confirmed dead — flit across the screen like apparitions.
—Toby Axelrod, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2025
Harker’s lonely investigations are often interrupted by jump scares courtesy of dark apparitions with the silhouettes of nesting dolls.
—Beatrice Loayza, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
The title could also be related to Joel’s father, who, at one point, when Joel was a child, and another time, as an apparition in Joel’s adulthood, seems to have tried to offer Joel a kind of meaning.
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2025
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Jake Coyle, Boston Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
In one of the film’s more startling moments, Shiri and Yarden Bibas and other residents of Kibbutz Nir Oz — many of whom, including Shiri Bibas and her two children, are now confirmed dead — flit across the screen like apparitions.
—Toby Axelrod, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2025
Harker’s lonely investigations are often interrupted by jump scares courtesy of dark apparitions with the silhouettes of nesting dolls.
—Beatrice Loayza, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
The title could also be related to Joel’s father, who, at one point, when Joel was a child, and another time, as an apparition in Joel’s adulthood, seems to have tried to offer Joel a kind of meaning.
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2025
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“Apparition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apparition. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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apparition
noun
ap·pa·ri·tion
ˌap-ə-ˈrish-ən
1
: an unusual or unexpected sight
2
: ghost
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