phantasmal

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This phantasmal region holds a particular lure for Osborn—not simply to uncover its hidden biodiversity but also to find out how living things can survive such extreme conditions.

From National Geographic • Feb. 13, 2024

The movie’s visuals, including its character design, were inspired by the lightly phantasmal, jauntily sinister illustrations that the artist Gris Grimly created for a 2003 edition of the Collodi book.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2022

In these phantasmal moments there was also a certain practicality.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 4, 2019

After his 1865 assassination, Lincoln apparently joined his son in his phantasmal roaming.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2017

The night had a cold, phantasmal beauty that intensified as we climbed.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer