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figment

[fig-muhnt] / ˈfɪg mənt /


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

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

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

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

The whole thing was a figment of his imagination.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy




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