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Recent Examples of preternatural Comments Director and former actor Ron Howard may have landed his first series regular gig on The Andy Griffith Show at the ripe old age of 5, but even a preternatural talent may get rusty. Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2025 There, his preternatural musical ability sets off a chain of supernatural events. Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 19 Apr. 2025 Anastasio spoke about the experience with an almost preternatural gratitude. Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025 Kaufman had a preternatural ability to remain unperturbed by time passing, even when his audience became disgruntled, hostile or upset. Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for preternatural
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preternatural
Adjective
  • According to the guide, restaurants have to be consistently extraordinary to garner three stars.
    Tulasi Srinivas, The Conversation, 3 June 2025
  • Davidson’s interior journey through grief is as extraordinary as the outer trek — both guide her towards thriving in an uncomfortable landscape.
    Bridget Crocker, People.com, 3 June 2025
Adjective
  • But things are brewing around another movie title, the 2022 supernatural horror thriller What Lies Beneath, which Johnson executive produced.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 30 May 2025
  • More than just a haunted house novel, this is a supernatural psychological thriller.
    Gabino Iglesias, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • Peter Dinklage plays the title role, a janitor who becomes a CEO-fighting vigilante after falling into toxic waste and transforming into a mutant with superhuman size and strength.
    Ben Rosenstock, Time, 16 May 2025
  • Seriously, some of his recoveries seem superhuman, like film of prime Carl Lewis was spliced into the game tape.
    John Hollinger, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • In an unusual step earlier this month, five former directors of the National Weather Service signed an open letter warning that the Trump administration’s cuts to the weather service and its parent agency NOAA may endanger lives.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2025
  • Listen to this article The Rent Guidelines Board lowered the range of potential rent increases for some 2 million New Yorkers in an unusual redo vote Tuesday — a move that comes as the issue of freezing rents has taken center stage in the contentious mayoral race.
    Téa Kvetenadze, New York Daily News, 27 May 2025
Adjective
  • Hudson is best known for playing paranormal exterminator Winston Zeddemore in 1984's Ghostbusters, its 1989 sequel, 2021's Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and 2024's Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 16 May 2025
  • Though no official explanations tie paranormal activity to any of the more than 200 deaths reported since 1994, the frequency and nature of fatal incidents have reinforced its haunted reputation.
    Jenna deJong, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
Adjective
  • The lyrebird is a master mimic, able to reproduce the calls of other birds, chainsaws, camera shutters, car alarms, and even human voices with uncanny precision.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
  • Filled with uncanny creatures and unintelligible language, the book's inspiration came, Serafini muses, either from aliens, or his cat.
    David Morgan, CBS News, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • All of our leathers are carefully selected from the finest tanneries in the world for their exceptional quality and functional capability.
    Felicity Carter, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
  • The site is exceptional: The North Branch of the Chicago River winds through its full length, offering an opportunity to weave parkland through the development.
    Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2025
Adjective
  • Plus, the music is still transcendental across the board.
    David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • From transcendental meditation to online shopping, these are the pop star's must-haves for touring.
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025

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“Preternatural.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preternatural. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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