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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
Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
The show, which like WandaVision was created by Jac Schaeffer, at first seemed to be explicitly designed not for fans of Marvel but fans of witches.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 31 Oct. 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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Some homes will have illuminated jack-o-lanterns, witches or ghosts hanging from trees.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
The show, which like WandaVision was created by Jac Schaeffer, at first seemed to be explicitly designed not for fans of Marvel but fans of witches.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
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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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Merlin: Merlin was a key sorcerer in Arthurian Romance.Taylor Grothe, Parents, 9 Oct. 2024
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Since 2013, the coastal California city of Morro Bay has been the site of witch sightings around Halloween time, as hundreds of people dressed in their finest sorcerer's outfits hop onto stand-up paddle boards for the Witches and Warlocks Paddle.Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 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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The protagonist is an Elda, a race the state church declares is anathema on account of their magical abilities, on a mission to awaken the crown prince by murdering the mage who cast a curse on him years ago.Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
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Before the backdrop of a magmatic cavern stand three adventurers: a warrior, a mage, and a trickster who, with a roll of the dice, are preparing to defeat a tentacled chthonic beast.Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2024
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With more than 100 images of everything from the carousel to the coaster to cafes, this book will charm any Angeleno who has ever walked, surfed, swam, eaten, flirted or gazed at the pier.Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
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Canada Experimental filmmaker Rankin charmed Cannes Directors’ Fortnight audiences with this offbeat absurdist satire that affectionately borrows the tropes of Iranian arthouse cinema to imagine a parallel-universe Winnipeg where Farsi is the dominant tongue.Guy Lodge, Variety, 2 Nov. 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 Great Buck Howard (2008) In this mostly dull bauble about a kid (Colin Hanks) who works for a possibly fraudulent huckster magician (John Malkovich), Hanks shows up briefly as a skeptical dad.Tim Grierson, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
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With Biggest ‘Supermoon’ Of 2024 Similarly, Julian Mather, a former sniper turned children's magician discussed how his career journey had many twists and turns.Joseph Liu, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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Carvana Retail investors are fascinated by Carvana, which sells used cars online and delivers them from buildings that resemble giant vending machines.John Dorfman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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But then, obviously, people were fascinated by the religion side of it too.Claire Carusillo, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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Despite this description, Law found an inner peace playing the wise, if not secretive wizard.Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 3 Nov. 2024
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Wizards Beyond Waverly Place saw the return of Selena Gomez and David Henrie as wizards over 10 years after Wizards of Waverly Place ended, but Jake T. Austin was missing so far.Jordana Comiter, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Witch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/witch. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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