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imaginary

[ih-maj-uh-ner-ee] / ɪˈmædʒ əˌnɛr i /


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The imaginary “occurring elephant” is just one spacelike slice of that tube; one three-dimensional moment.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

Dahlia Lithwick: If you put “American politics as usual” in some imaginary halcyon past at 1 and Watergate at 10, where’s this slush fund scandal registering for you?

From Slate • May 26, 2026

The writer bashes imaginary feminists who supposedly tell women that caring about appearance is “some kind of intellectual failure.”

From Salon • May 8, 2026

“It was my first attempt at an autobiographical thing,” Diamond told Rolling Stone of this encomium to an imaginary childhood friend.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

“You call this waiting?” the imaginary elks seemed to scold.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood




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