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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
Kate Hogan, People.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Dori Media is launching sales at the new confab later this month on the modern fairytale series about witches and curses among mothers and daughters.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2025
Bailey Richards, People.com, 5 Oct. 2024
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
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Noun
Airing for eight seasons between 1964 and 1972, the fantastical series followed the daily adventures of a powerful witch who attempts to live as a typical suburban housewife and marry a mortal man.
—Kate Hogan, People.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Dori Media is launching sales at the new confab later this month on the modern fairytale series about witches and curses among mothers and daughters.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2025
Verb
The star also covered her trees with lights, fake cobwebs and witches hats, added piles of orange and white pumpkins and set up a candy dispenser display for the kiddos.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 5 Oct. 2024
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for witch
Noun
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Nicholas Galitzine is the sword-wielding prince while Jared Leto is on board as Skeletor, an evil sorcerer looking for secrets of the mysterious Castle Grayskull.—
Borys Kit,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Feb. 2025
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In addition to overseeing the students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Professor Dumbledore is also a powerful sorcerer, widely considered to be the greatest wizard ever.—
Rebecca Luther,
TVLine,
12 Feb. 2025
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Several get small charts offering ideas to inspire how the monster could be used, such as what strange price a hag might have for its secrets or what an owlbear might keep in its den beyond treasure.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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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
Noun
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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
Verb
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Finally, bloodsuckers from The Sims 4 Vampires can simply charm the burglar into leaving — after taking a quick sip from her, of course.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Set on a slope above the village where Roger Moore lived, skied, charmed, and died, it is set on 45,000 acres overlooking a large swimming pool and a small, frozen lake.—
Rachel Johnson,
airmail.news,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Jeff and Shauna are against the sorceress staying at their house, but after some pleading from Callie, both of them relent.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
14 Feb. 2025
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For both, the conflict is structured around the opposition between angelic character and sorceress/witch archetype.—
Angelica Frey,
JSTOR Daily,
26 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Acknowledging their desires seems to be more important than actually sending the monks, magicians, and pastry gramophones.—
Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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The event, founded and hosted by magician Paul Dwork – The Magic of Merlin, has raised more than $1 million for various charities.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
Verb
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In 1956, an aspiring young actor named Gene Hackman joined the Pasadena Playhouse in California, struggling to find a way into a field he’d been fascinated with since childhood.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2025
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But Dan Hurley has a profound personal story & I was fascinated by how his holistic behind-the-scenes approach & volatile coaching style made Gen Z kids champions.—
Kels Dayton,
Hartford Courant,
20 Feb. 2025
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O’Reilly has Stanley Cup pedigree, defensive prowess and is a wizard at the faceoff dot.—
Jesse Granger,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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Selena Gomez is making her return to the Disney+ series Wizards Beyond Waverly Place as free-wheeling wizard Alex Russo, and Entertainment Weekly has an exclusive first look from the episode.—
Calie Schepp,
EW.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Witch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/witch. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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