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Oddly, she appears as a sort of confidante with whom Odysseus speaks at intervals, and might be a figment of his imagination.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Who knows, maybe the daughter is a figment of her imagination too, though I don’t think the movie supports such a reading.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025

At the time, the threat from Hamilton was so distant as to be almost a figment of the imagination.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2025

But how well will they win - and how intoxicating will that half-back partnership prove now that it is almost a reality rather than an exciting figment of the imagination?

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2025

“But it was probably just a figment of my overly active imagination.”

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

That description is essentially true; as a puppet designer and puppeteer, his job entails figuring out how to materialize figments of the imagination.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026

In many ways, these trademarks have become figments of individuals’ identity.

From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2024

But that's the issue, we have fictionalized a real-life relationship with our very own elusive figments of our imagination.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2023

“I will have them. They’ll be there. They won’t just be figments of imagination or floating around digitally. They’ll be real things that I can remember.”

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 26, 2022

The others are, for the most part, figments of someone’s imagination, self-interest, or wishful thinking.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt