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figment

[fig-muhnt] / ˈfɪg mənt /


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As Kunimoto says, private-fund valuations are often “a figment of imagination.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

As a figment of Charles’ imagination, Sazz is always in a suit and a porkpie hat.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2025

In 1993's True Romance, Kilmer played a version of Elvis Presley who is a figment of Christian Slater's imagination.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2025

While the gesture is also known as the "Roman salute," there is no known Roman art or text that depicts or describes it, and the association was likely just a figment of fascist propaganda.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2025

His “enthusiasm” for the weapon was a figment of Alvarez’s imagination.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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