phantom

Example Sentences

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“People borrow for years, and then get a 1099 for phantom gains that’s in the seven figures,” said Boersma.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

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

This appears to be an almost phantom trend: one where the reaction to it largely eclipses the impact the trend itself was having on social media.

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

He’d heard stories about amputees who had phantom pains where their missing legs and arms used to be.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan