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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a phantom of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is an illusion or a ghostly presence, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "The memories of her childhood were just a phantom of the past, haunting her thoughts."
Alternatives: "an echo of" or "a shadow of".
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Luis Buuel's The Phantom of Liberty (1974) is a phantom of a different color.
Without a name, Bales had been a phantom of suppositions.
Jeremiahs complain that his flipper is a ghost and his googly a phantom of imagination.
The lead prosecutor told the jury that the other Carlos, Carlos Hernandez, was a "phantom" of DeLuna's imagination.
For both gadolinium and manganese a phantom of pure solvent was also analyzed (deionized water, Supplementary Table S1 Phantom 17).
Two huge candelabra lent the scene a "Phantom of the Opera" ambience as they took questions from a rapt audience.
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Renato, wearing a Phantom-of-the-Opera mask to protect a facial injury sustained earlier in the month, dug out a tempting cross for Pato, who planted a firm header past Weverton in the Atlético goal.
A slight young man wearing a conservative suit with a power tie (the jacket soon came off), Houlihan has more the aspect of clean-cut young MBA or Washington policy wonk than of a phantom-of-the-opera mad organist.
Every once in a while, she reached up to brush a phantom strand of hair out of her eyes.
Mr. Kurtag's mercurial 10-minute piece, in four continuous movements, is like a fleeting phantom of a piano concerto.
Make that catastrophes – earthquake, tsunami, fire, flood, and a plunging chandelier a la Phantom of the Opera.
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