spectral

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Recent Examples of spectral Climate change is wreaking carnage on natural wonders and the habitats of the world’s most spectral creatures, but the fact is, most of those wonders will still be here long after you’re gone. Jordan Riefe, Robb Report, 2 Dec. 2024 This should be propulsive music, with vivid flavors, the first movement mournfully spectral, the second liltingly charming, the third zestily Spanish. Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024 The song has a minimalist arrangement — highlighted by a spectral slide guitar — and crystalline vocal harmonies, which add a glow to its message of hope for better days ahead. Maura Johnston, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024 The team—which includes two brothers who originally spotted 2024 PT5—revealed the asteroid’s chemical composition by spectral analysis. Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for spectral 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spectral
Adjective
  • Just watching this thing is a haunting reverie set to some of Trent Reznor and Atticus’s lush score.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 25 Nov. 2024
  • In an in-depth explanation of the movie's haunting, emotional ending, Larraín tells Entertainment Weekly that the note was all real, and that Jolie preserved her real singing voice until the time came to film the conclusion, and let her vocals loose for her final take on set.
    EW.com, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The show features new characters, eerie mysteries, and lots of surprises.
    Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 13 Jan. 2025
  • After losing her home in the ongoing Southern California wildfires, Ricki Lake shared an eerie throwback in which the tragedy was predicted.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Mi-Mo Pixar’s logo, Luxo Jr., is an anthropomorphic desk lamp that is by turns cute and creepy.
    Chandra Steele, PCMAG, 10 Jan. 2025
  • In a decade of TV witches; an alluring genie; a mother who communicates through a car radio; a flying nun; and creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky families; there was really nothing all that unusual about a talking horse.
    Marc Berman, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The taxpayer is already struggling to pay for everyday expenses, and then also has to pay capital gains tax on phantom gains.
    Jon Styf | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 Dec. 2024
  • But that estimate sharply dropped once authorities subtracted the amount of phantom investment gains and interest that Madoff’s customers were duped into believing existed.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Many years in the distant future, after a devastating war reshaped the entire globe, a queen sends Gray into the ghostly wilderness of the Lost Lands, where the laws of nature don't apply.
    EW.com, EW.com, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Also noteworthy is the island’s caliche forest, a ghostly collection of calcified prehistoric plants.
    Nicholas DeRenzo, AFAR Media, 6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • So, not a Rangers record, but certainly one for the weird record books in this weird season.
    Arthur Staple, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The deeply weird and disinformation-filled conversation between Musk and Alice Weidel, the leader of Alternative for Germany (AfD), took place on X.
    David Gilbert, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • When the stepson of one of her wealthy clients is murdered, Elsbeth must match wits with a woman whose supernatural gifts usually keep her one step ahead.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2025
  • But David Steiner doesn’t credit his home’s survival to supernatural forces.
    Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025

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“Spectral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spectral. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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