otherworld

as in afterworld

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Recent Examples of otherworld Her videos, rather, offer the viewer an opportunity to reside, if only for a moment, in an idyllic otherworld. Oscar Schwartz, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2023 Like so many mirrors in horror fiction, this one proves to be a portal into a nightmarish otherworld. Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 1 June 2023 Halfway through this almost 10-minute song, brighter horns, more abrasive percussion and feverish strings enter and lead Sun Ra Arkestra listeners to where they are used to being: a vivid and immersive otherworld. Michael J. West, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023 On Samhain, the Celts believed the dead were able to return to the world of the living, and also that those who had died that year were now able to cross over to the otherworld. Jessica Coulon, Popular Mechanics, 31 Oct. 2022 See All Example Sentences for otherworld

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“Otherworld.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/otherworld. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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