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Recent Examples of numinous The following day, one of the most exciting moments of the year arrives, as numinous planet Neptune enters your sign for the first time since the late 1800s. Nina Kahn, StyleCaster, 24 Feb. 2025 Tregenza’s agile camera connects characters to one another, linking actions in suspenseful chains of causality, and rooting the drama in a sense of locale, both in intimate domestic settings and in mighty, numinous landscapes. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2025 The month begins on a mystical note as Venus joins forces with your numinous planetary ruler, Neptune, in your sign, bringing a wave of dreamy compassion and unconditional love to your personal and professional life. Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Feb. 2025 Mars and Neptune’s harmonious connection puts you in touch with the numinous. USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for numinous
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Adjective
  • There is no magic level of debt-to-GDP that signals disaster since countries with a more resilient economy can service more debt.
    Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
  • When her typical methods don’t work, Anja turns to a magic mirror, which houses a dark realm, for answers.
    Laura Thompson, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Adjective
  • Among employees, he had been known as a deep thinker and even something of a mystic, regularly speaking in spiritual terms.
    Karen Hao, The Atlantic, 15 May 2025
  • Lag BaOmer celebrates the anniversary of the passing of the great sage and mystic Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai.
    Rabbi Moishe Kievman, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2025
Adjective
  • Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint were the first actors to play the magical roles, across eight films from 2001 to 2011.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 27 May 2025
  • And just like in those films, the magical creatures steal the spotlight.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 27 May 2025

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“Numinous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/numinous. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.

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