phantom

Example Sentences

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That means for every dollar a state recovers by hunting down a fraudulent home health agency or a phantom hospice, less than 35 cents return to the state treasury.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

So is this an example of what is known as a phantom trend, where fear can end up exacerbating the real-world impact rather than mitigating it?

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

They concluded that the chatbots appropriately identified problematic prompts, like a feeling of being watched by phantom people or feeling personally persecuted by the government, as a developing delusion only about half the time.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026

If the 300 billion figure is more phantom than real, it would mean that Venezuelan oil won’t pose nearly as much competition long-term to its closest competitor: Canadian heavy oil.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

The phantom Samaritan stuck the book between his teeth, crouched down, hoisted Arnold Jones’s limp carcass over his shoulder, and hauled him out of there like a sack of flour.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli