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The phrase "a certain spirit" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a specific type or quality of spirit, often in a metaphorical or abstract sense.
Example: "The festival was filled with a certain spirit of joy and camaraderie that brought everyone together."
Alternatives: "a particular essence" or "a distinct vibe".
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Is there a certain spirit missing?
"I think it captures a certain spirit of contemporary culture.
"There's a certain spirit here," one employee in the video said.
"To see his name announced and come out and hit, there's a certain spirit.
But a certain spirit that those people had is exactly what we have.
"But there is something unique about Manchester, a certain spirit that not many other places have.
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It sounds like the winning answer to a tie-breaker beginning "the most annoying band in the world is... .. To compound their problems, and with a certain spirit-sapping inevitability, they are big in the blogosphere.
And that, of course, is also the story of our country--a certain vagabond spirit, in the best sense of that word.
Today it still retains a certain outlaw spirit.
Longtime friends say that Douglas has always possessed a certain freewheeling spirit.
There's a certain uplifting spirit that Baker brings to the game.
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