as in mystic
impossible to prove, understand, or explain by either the senses or intelligence
Survivors of near-death experiences sometimes report mystical visions of the afterlife.
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Recent Examples of mystical
Hardly undone by all that, the plucky Texas teen enlists the otherworldly assist of her mystical, kooky and somewhat sage aunt Gugu (Lori Tan Chinn) and a sidekick, the vampire spirit Ed (Bowen Yang), who warned her about the demon Kit (Woosung Kim).
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Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2025
Pair the mystical hue with opalescent textures, like an inlaid mother-of-pearl side table.
—Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2025
Also highlighted is Wrong Husband by Zacharias Kunuk, which transports viewers to a mystical world in the Canadian Arctic, where human and spirit realms collide in a fairy tale about young love.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2025
Largely undeveloped with no grocery stores, streetlights, or sidewalks, Daufuskie is known for its unspoiled beaches, mystical marshlands, and rich Gullah culture.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025
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Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2025
Pair the mystical hue with opalescent textures, like an inlaid mother-of-pearl side table.
—Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2025
Also highlighted is Wrong Husband by Zacharias Kunuk, which transports viewers to a mystical world in the Canadian Arctic, where human and spirit realms collide in a fairy tale about young love.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2025
Largely undeveloped with no grocery stores, streetlights, or sidewalks, Daufuskie is known for its unspoiled beaches, mystical marshlands, and rich Gullah culture.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mystical
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Healy Lake members have long considered their dogs to be mystic companions, according to Combs.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
4 Dec. 2024
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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
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David Lynch, the singular American filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist who conjured dreams and nightmares of unsettling beauty and psychic horror, has died.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2025
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The comedy satirizes a stranger-than-fiction psychic government investigation that actually happened in the 1990s.—
Gregg Goldstein,
Variety,
9 Jan. 2025
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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
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When spending time with them, Brunelle observed uncanny similarities in their behavior and interests.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
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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
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Several years later, Hoffa disappeared under mysterious circumstances and was never seen again.—
David Wharton,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2025
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This fixation helps explain what is otherwise unexplainable — his bizarre obsession with changing the maps.—
S.E. Cupp,
New York Daily News,
8 Jan. 2025
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Unlike traditional systems, AI can process data to generate unpredictable and unexplainable insights or decisions.—
Vivek Ahuja,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2024
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When the stepson of one of her wealthy clients is murdered, Elsbeth must match wits with a woman whose supernatural gifts usually keep her one step ahead.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
17 Jan. 2025
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But David Steiner doesn’t credit his home’s survival to supernatural forces.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Mystical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mystical. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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