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as in sorcerer
a woman believed to have often harmful supernatural powers
the 17th-century house had once belonged to a woman who was hanged as a witch
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as in mage
a person skilled in using supernatural forces
freakish storms that were once thought to be the work of witches
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as in to charm
to attract or delight as if by magic
the woman did witch me with her gentle smile
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Recent Examples of witch
Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Dec. 2024
Whether sung by a group of vultures, a menacing sea witch, or a cavalcade of pirates, these Disney songs have made a titanic impact on the All-American songbook.
—Barry Levitt, TIME, 27 Nov. 2024
Erik Kain, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
The beloved film followed sister witches Sally and Gillian, who were raised by their eccentric aunts (played by Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest) after their parents died.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 14 June 2024
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Noun
The witches act as dancers and backup singers as well as prophets.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Dec. 2024
Whether sung by a group of vultures, a menacing sea witch, or a cavalcade of pirates, these Disney songs have made a titanic impact on the All-American songbook.
—Barry Levitt, TIME, 27 Nov. 2024
Verb
Lilia follows a creepy girl in a dress through the house, only to find ghoulish undead witches leering at her.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
The beloved film followed sister witches Sally and Gillian, who were raised by their eccentric aunts (played by Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest) after their parents died.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 14 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for witch
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Belief in sorcery is widespread, though not everyone who believes sorcerers exist approves of the lynchings.Emma Bubola, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
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Still, somewhere between Captain America: Civil War and Spider-Man: Homecoming, Downey’s public personality took on the triple-espresso cadence of Iron Man improv, and there’s a Comic Book Guy part of me that feels Downey’s manic energy is all wrong for playing a moody despotic sorcerer.Darren Franich, Vulture, 31 July 2024
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The film treats Ryder’s Beth as the evil hag witch who the virginal hard worker Nina has to beat to achieve her dreams, and Ryder plays that role with relish and gusto.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
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Oh, and Jen is also there, dressed as the hag form of the Evil Queen from Snow White.Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2024
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Who's the mage whose major itinerary is making all Oz merrier?Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2024
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This May 24, 2021 mage provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows Susan Smith.CBS News, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2024
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Writer-director Margolin based the character on his real grandmother, Thelma Post, and the low-budget indie charmed the festival circuit before grossing over $12 million at the box office.Jenelle Riley, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
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Disney’s surfer girl sequel continues to charm with a current international weekend of $57.2M from 52 offshore markets (-44%).Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 15 Dec. 2024
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Working as an investigator for the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (B.P.R.D.), Hellboy is sent to England to battle an ancient sorceress, Nimue the Blood Queen (Milla Jovovich), who is determined to unleash a deadly plague on humanity and bring about the apocalypse.Travis Bean, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
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Those wishes came true in September 2022, when the sorceress siblings reunited to enchant a new generation of Halloweeners in Disney+’s Hocus Pocus 2.Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
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The rivalry of two magicians, one a man of the Enlightenment, the other the quintessence of the new spirit of Romanticism, set in a world where folklore and superstition speak eloquently of seismic cultural change.The Week UK, theweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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Teams of human pairs aligned by their jobs or hobbies — like nurses, teachers, magicians and trivia aficionados — are pitted against hamsters in various obstacle courses and other contests scaled to each species for the chance to win a cash prize and prove their superiority.Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Fishing for microbes For years, Irene Salinas has been fascinated by a simple physiological fact: The distance between the nose and the brain is quite small.Yasemin Saplakoglu, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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Gates said he was fascinated by her retelling of the upheaval during the 1960s, all seen through her own eyes as the wife of an aide to both John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson during their respective time in the Oval Office.Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
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Bastions can be anything from castles to wizard towers or even friendly local pubs.Rob Wieland, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Essiedu’s attachment to the series echoes HBO’s previously laid out vision for the reimagining of the popular wizard adventure.Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Witch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/witch. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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