as in second sight
the power of seeing or knowing about things that are not present to the senses
a filmmaker with a sixth sense for knowing which stories the general public will find irresistible
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Recent Examples of sixth sense
Prediction markets are tapping into this sixth sense of humans, giving each of us a role in shaping the story of our world.
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Mahesh Vinayagam, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
But my sixth sense, my gut from traveling this country, Pennsylvania twice over the course of just the last week and last few days, suggests to me that there is something real going on here.
—Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Nov. 2024
Does that give you a sixth sense on how to talk with performers?
—Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
By record’s end, Garcia emerges in full command of this mercurial spirit world—a high priestess with a synth and a killer sixth sense.
—Suzy Exposito, SPIN, 6 June 2024
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Mahesh Vinayagam, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
But my sixth sense, my gut from traveling this country, Pennsylvania twice over the course of just the last week and last few days, suggests to me that there is something real going on here.
—Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Nov. 2024
Does that give you a sixth sense on how to talk with performers?
—Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
By record’s end, Garcia emerges in full command of this mercurial spirit world—a high priestess with a synth and a killer sixth sense.
—Suzy Exposito, SPIN, 6 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sixth sense
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The Cowardly Lion is a member of a half-human, half-animal race enslaved by Azkadellia for their powers of second sight.—
Emma Stefansky,
Vulture,
26 Nov. 2024
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The books follow protagonists who strive to become young artists in a crumbling economy, inherit second sight while spilling with grief, and deal with the reality of our grave present.—
Zoe Guy,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2024
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But in that moment, Queen Genevieve was born, a player whose clairvoyance could summon her enemies’ words from the ether.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2024
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With just about 20 days until the presidential election, voters have turned to polls and prediction markets for some clairvoyance on its outcome.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2024
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The only other major parapsychology unit in the United States was Princeton’s Engineering Anomalies Research Laboratory, or PEAR, which focused on telekinesis and extrasensory perception.—
Saskia Solomon,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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Does a person accept, say, poltergeists, but not extrasensory perception?—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
14 Nov. 2024
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“Sixth sense.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sixth%20sense. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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