as in sixth sense
the power of seeing or knowing about things that are not present to the senses people who claim to have clairvoyance are sometimes asked to help locate missing persons

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Recent Examples on the Web The authors of these three centennial volumes claim no clairvoyance about history’s intention. Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2021 The state of things highlights another example of the late MF DOOM’s clairvoyance. C. Brandon Ogbunu, WIRED, 6 May 2024 Most of the visual effects, in terms of the clairvoyance, were done in camera with me and a diopter, making a lot of noise and smashing glass against glass and a flashlight. Simon Thompson, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024 The actor is set to star in Marvel’s Madame Web this month, in which Johnson plays Cassandra Webb—a New York City paramedic who begins to show signs of clairvoyance. Christian Allaire, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for clairvoyance 

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“Clairvoyance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clairvoyance. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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