figment of the imagination
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Ask anyone who has experienced the lingering maladies of the pandemic, and they’ll tell you long covid is no figment of the imagination.
From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2022
The second is: a figment of the imagination.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2022
This causes first-time customers to step a little to the left and peer in the full-length window to ensure that this wood-fired pizzeria in the middle of nowhere isn’t just a figment of the imagination.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2021
He then tweeted about how he used the time to reflect on how pain is a figment of the imagination, which came as news to the many chronic pain sufferers who proceeded to ratio him.
From The Verge • Dec. 11, 2018
Is then the subject-matter of Religion something real and substantial, or is it a mere figment of the imagination?
From Through Nature to God by Fiske, John