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figment

noun as in creation in one's mind

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While the gesture is also known as the "Roman salute," there is no known Roman art or text that depicts or describes it, and the association was likely just a figment of fascist propaganda.

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The figment of a carriage appears in the distance, steadily drawing closer in Thomas’ sight as the sound of horses’ hooves mimics his steadily increasing heartbeat.

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“He’s in great shape. We were talking hitting. Obviously, he’s a huge fan of Shohei. I told him, ‘I always thought he was a figment of my imagination.’

There are competing factions on the question of what a color actually is — or if it’s anything more than a figment of our imagination.

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"And it was light and nothing, no tongue, and it was beautiful, it was 'The Princess Bride,'" she said, adding that it feels like such a figment that Taddeo doesn’t even remember how it happened.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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