figment
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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
At the time, the threat from Hamilton was so distant as to be almost a figment of the imagination.
From BBC • Sep. 7, 2025
The figment of a carriage appears in the distance, steadily drawing closer in Thomas’ sight as the sound of horses’ hooves mimics his steadily increasing heartbeat.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024
Achilles runs smoothly past the tortoise because the infinite points are simply a figment of Zeno's imagination, rather than a real-world construct.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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