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figment

[fig-muhnt] / ˈfɪg mənt /


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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

The revs are but an airy figment in your febrile mind.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026

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

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2025

“He’s in great shape. We were talking hitting. Obviously, he’s a huge fan of Shohei. I told him, ‘I always thought he was a figment of my imagination.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2024

Pretend that everything that I’m going through is nothing more than a figment of my imagination.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

We meet them before we meet Sally and Theo, and whether they are figments or not, they are unmistakably haunting the new occupant who’s writing about them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 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

"Have a little faith," she coaches herself, as the dark shape floats easily through the screen like smoke or clouds or figments of any sort.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez




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