Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: specter

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All these suggest that China’s various political-economic pursuits are highly susceptible to the specter of inflation.

Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/04/26/china-tech-silicon-valley-bank-inflation-economy/

“America can’t stand idly by as brutal violence perpetrated by the authoritarian regime in Azerbaijan raises the specter of genocide in Nagorno-Karabakh,” said Senator Whitehouse.

Source: https://greekreporter.com/2023/09/23/menendez-sanction-nagorno-karabakh/

As Joe Biden’s troubles mount, the specter of Kamala Harris can only haunt the Democrats.

Source: https://patriotpost.us/articles/98370-shaky-joe-and-not-ready-for-prime-time-kamala-2023-06-27

As the yatra entered Rajasthan, the specter of Covid loomed large.

Source: https://www.siasat.com/controversies-sparring-and-barbs-kept-spotlight-on-rahul-led-bharat-jodo-yatra-2512926/

Characters have confronted the specter of death in their own lives, with characters like Moe and Homer getting entire episodes focused around darker thoughts.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/the-simpsons-characters-dead/

Despite Tesla's sustained growth, the specter of lower margins in 2023 threatens to offset the profit gains from increasing deliveries.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4633735-tesla-overvalued-car-company-likely-to-face-further-margin-deterioration?source=feed_all_articles

Despite the specter of hanging over the franchise, Atlus could use this to its advantage.

Source: https://gamerant.com/persona-6-5-p5-legacy-atlus-impact-development-pressure/

Elsewhere in the film, Delia’s goth daughter Lydia (Winona Ryder) jubilantly levitates to Belafonte’s “Jump in the Line,” further giving the offbeat horror spoof the playful lightness and specter of mischief that made it a cult classic.

Source: https://www.columbian.com/news/2023/jun/03/belafonte-key-to-beetlejuice/

It’s the long shadow of slavery — the persistent specter of systemic racism and inequality looming over the daily lives of Black Americans in the United States 160 years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Source: https://seattlemedium.com/include-black-student-voices-in-reparations-conversation/

I would now expect accelerating apartment price deflation to spur millions of unoccupied units to the market, raising the specter of panic selling.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4635558-weekly-commentary-memory-lane?source=feed_all_articles

Most recently, this includes how to respond to complaints of antisemitism and the specter of violence against supporters of Israel on campus.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/12/business/bill-ackman-harvard-antisemitism.html

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the specter of nuclear weapon use, Earth crept its closest to Armageddon, a science-oriented advocacy group said, moving its famous “Doomsday Clock” up to just 90 seconds before midnight.

Source: https://www.abbynews.com/news/doomsday-clock-moves-closest-ever-to-midnight-due-to-ukraine-war/

Should Pita lose the first vote, the house speaker will table session after session until a prime minister emerges‚ raising the specter of weeks of deadlock and economic uncertainty.

Source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/thai-parliament-votes-for-pm-with-reformist-frontrunner-facing-hurdles.html

The erotic thriller was practically invented to hold together audiences’s ugly, contradictory feelings about sex, bringing the craving for erotic encounter into conflict with the looming specter of AIDs and the perceived threat of empowered women.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/12/magazine/sex-movies-may-december.html

The first season was about the looming specter of Logan’s (Brian Cox) death, as the children jockeyed for the title of his successor.

Source: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/oliviacraighead/succession-season-four-review

There was the fallout from the dot-com bubble burst; then there was Sept. 11, followed by the Great Recession in 2008; then came the political chaos of increasing polarization, the specter of climate change and finally, the Covid pandemic.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/03/14/opinion/middle-age-millennials.html

“The specter of condemnation hangs over all property,” O’Connor wrote.

Source: https://afro.com/retired-justice-sandra-day-oconnor-the-first-woman-on-the-supreme-court-has-died-at-age-93/

The Susanoo or God of the Sea and Storms technique is generated by both eyes, and it makes use of the Mangekyou Sharingan form so as to create a sword-wielding specter that will surround the user.

Source: https://gamerant.com/naruto-the-inspiration-for-itachi-uchihas-doujutsu/

The violence has killed at least 185 people, wounded hundreds more and raised the specter of civil war in Africa’s third largest country.

Source: https://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/national/23464557.fighting-continues-sudan-despite-ceasefire/?ref=rss

What's wrong with Sammy in is that he could've very well inherited the Man With No Eyes, Taissa's own sleepwalking specter, and begins acting out her trauma.

Source: https://screenrant.com/yellowjackets-sammy-taissa-son-theories-possesion-illness-supernatural/