as in medium
a person who claims to speak with or for the spirits of the dead
a celebrity psychic who managed to convince at least some people that their deceased loved ones were using him to relay messages
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as in mystical
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as in telepathic
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Recent Examples of psychic
Caroline Framke, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024
For those looking for a science fiction experience like this full of killer robots, twisted psychics and gooey mutants, check out Escape The Dark Sector.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Andrea Michelson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Dec. 2024
Presenting himself as an entertainer, and never as a psychic, who operated on the basis of suggestion, and not the paranormal or supernatural, The Amazing Kreskin was born.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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First, there’s Lilia, a strip-mall psychic who at first plays dumb to match Agatha’s attempt to go undercover as a Southern mom.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024
For those looking for a science fiction experience like this full of killer robots, twisted psychics and gooey mutants, check out Escape The Dark Sector.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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On his first full day in office, Carter pardoned hundreds of thousands of Vietnam War draft evaders in an attempt to heal the psychic effects of the war and the social unrest that came with it.
—Andrea Michelson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Dec. 2024
Presenting himself as an entertainer, and never as a psychic, who operated on the basis of suggestion, and not the paranormal or supernatural, The Amazing Kreskin was born.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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What began as a strained attempt to absolve Mr. Trump of responsibility for Jan. 6 gradually took hold, as his allies in Congress and the media played down the attack and redirected blame to left-wing plants, Democrats and even the government.Dan Barry, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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Brazilian media reported Saturday that the investigation was ordered by an on-call federal judge in Brazil’s Federal District.Sam Mednick and Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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With the world on the brink, the Fantastic Four join forces with iconic Marvel heroes, standing together in the epic battle to break the mystical darkness with science.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Despite the sci-fi connotation of the word teleportation, there’s nothing mystical or other-worldly about it, either.Lucas Laursen, IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2025
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Nibert loved the free-thinking spirit of the village and its college.Keith BieryGolick, Cincinnati.com, 28 Aug. 2019
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Credit Gus Malzahn for being proactive and thinking long-term in choosing his starting quarterback.Creg Stephenson | cstephenson@al.com, al, 22 Aug. 2019
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Back at the White Tower, Verin Sedai (Meera Syal) has arrived to have a chat with these channelers Nynaeve and Egwene she's heard so much about.Alex Raiman, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2023
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Male channelers, on the other hand, seem to have gotten some upgrades.Andrew Cunningham & Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 29 Sep. 2023
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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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Their science was expansive, allowing room for philosophy and poetry, for a mystic realm that reason cannot reach.Ida Momennejad, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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Her tales of power-hungry telepaths and erotic alien encounters are now canonical, in science fiction and beyond.Stephen Kearse, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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This is the film that launched a million Fangoria subscriptions, its troubled telepaths diving into vein-popping psionic warfare.Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
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There is a powerful sense of Johnson reaching for new and bolder challenges in his ongoing dialogues with reality and metaphysical thinking, material and idea.Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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Although the machines’ inventor is concerned with metaphysical questions—do intelligent robots disprove God’s existence?—his engineer son sees the potential for major profit and manufactures robots for sale around the world, with disastrous results.Elvia Wilk, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2024
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Large breaking waves and strong currents may impact harbor entrances and channels causing challenging boat handling.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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Components arrive at the construction site with notches and ports for ducts already cut, and steel plates and channels preinstalled, so that putting them together is like assembling a model airplane.Justin Davidson, Curbed, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Psychic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychic. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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