orphic

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Recent Examples of orphic Public history does not feel as alluring to him as furtive genealogies of violence, dramatized in obstinate orphic repetition from one book to the next: a woman (a redhead, a divorcée, someone love-hungry and secretive) is resurrected and rescued, only to be lost again. Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023 Their extreme difficulty, combined with an initially limited availability in print, led readers to construe Pound’s mind as the unapproachable source of an orphic craft. Kathryn Winner, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2023 Readers mystified by any of the author’s orphic lingo will find full explanations in the book’s extensive glossary. Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2018 As if fearing that too lyrical an approach to such an orphic figure would result in incoherence, Gooch describes this poet’s life in a decidedly unpoetic way. The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for orphic
Adjective
  • His test comes when Dr. Robotnik returns with a new partner, Knuckles, in search of a mystical emerald that has the power to destroy civilizations.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Incorporating crystals into their routine and mystical practices can help Aquarius ground their energy, reconnect with their intuition and stay committed to their spiritual mission on the planet.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Healy Lake members have long considered their dogs to be mystic companions, according to Combs.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
  • But there is also the slow minimalism of Morton Feldman and the manic yet patient seeking of Italy’s mystic count Giacinto Scelsi, in the twentieth century.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The groundbreaking find, the researchers claim, could reshape our understanding of the universe and its most powerful and mysterious signals.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Several years later, Hoffa disappeared under mysterious circumstances and was never seen again.
    David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Orchestrating 360 campaigns can become enigmatic in such situations, especially as businesses sell to new-age buyers.
    Runki Goswami, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
  • These developments amount to a series that remains fascinatingly enigmatic but that accords a mite more heart and humanity to its characters.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The Clemson infield, for some inscrutable reason, starts dancing.
    Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Still, there was something graphically alluring about Cyrillic, a blocky alphabet that was inscrutable to American shoppers.
    Jacob Gallagher, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The video brings to mind the claims made in Mark Fisher’s Capitalist Realism, in which Fisher proposed that capitalism has the uncanny ability to subsume all critiques into itself.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
  • When spending time with them, Brunelle observed uncanny similarities in their behavior and interests.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Ensuring a stable and sustainable power supply is both complex and urgent, particularly in key regions like Texas, where the grid is already under strain.
    Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Global supply chains are extremely complex, running through many different countries and across borders, and new fees could force companies to start the arduous process of re-engineering those lines.
    Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Because Lynch’s whole deal was about engagement — connection through friction, comprehension through acknowledging the incomprehensible world all around us, empathy by way of bridging the gap between disparate concepts.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The people who tend Altadena’s venerable deodar cedars have suffered incomprehensible community losses this week, but Santa Rosa Avenue, a.k.a.
    Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025

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“Orphic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orphic. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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