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specter

[spek-ter] / ˈspɛk tər /


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Even though the EU clinched a deal with the U.S., the specter of tariffs has never fully disappeared.

From The Wall Street Journal

Luxury goods are particularly sensitive to trans-Atlantic trade frictions and the specter of tariffs has never fully disappeared despite that trade deal.

From The Wall Street Journal

Not even Dickensian “A Christmas Carol” visitations by the specters of his father and an Indonesian business partner negotiating a project involving a sandstone reservoir with “significant extraction costs” diminish his concomitant guilt and chagrin.

From Los Angeles Times

“Ghost in the Machine: The Old Zoo” is just that, a site-specific interactive experience in which specters come to life via our mobile phones.

From Los Angeles Times

With concerns about tariffs once again raising the specter of persistent inflation, the yield on the 10-year U.S.

From Barron's