apparition
noun
ap·pa·ri·tion
ˌa-pə-ˈri-shən 
1
a
: an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon
strange apparitions in the sky
b
: a ghostly figure
reported seeing ghostly apparitions in the old house
2
: the act of becoming visible : appearance
the apparition of sunlight through the window
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an eccentric who claimed to have photographed an apparition in her very own house
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More than five million visited the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe near the site of her apparition in the days ahead of her feast day in 2023, according to estimates shared by the Associated Press.
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Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 12 Oct. 2024
Marilyn Monroe’s apparition has been seen at the Roosevelt in Hollywood; Civil War soldiers have been spotted at the Marshall House in Savannah, Georgia.
—Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2024
But the sequel is better: an all-killer, no-filler midnight-movie anthology whose four vignettes unleash a funhouse’s worth of hostile apparitions, flesh-eating zombies, and invading extraterrestrials.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 30 July 2024
The lore goes that multiple apparitions haunt the area, including 16-year-old Frank Denvin, who fell head-first from a water slide into an empty cement tank in 1896, and two brothers who remain drawn to the dangerous currents.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
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Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 12 Oct. 2024
Marilyn Monroe’s apparition has been seen at the Roosevelt in Hollywood; Civil War soldiers have been spotted at the Marshall House in Savannah, Georgia.
—Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2024
But the sequel is better: an all-killer, no-filler midnight-movie anthology whose four vignettes unleash a funhouse’s worth of hostile apparitions, flesh-eating zombies, and invading extraterrestrials.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 30 July 2024
The lore goes that multiple apparitions haunt the area, including 16-year-old Frank Denvin, who fell head-first from a water slide into an empty cement tank in 1896, and two brothers who remain drawn to the dangerous currents.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Apparition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apparition. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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apparition
noun
ap·pa·ri·tion
ˌap-ə-ˈrish-ən
1
: an unusual or unexpected sight
2
: ghost
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