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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
Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026 The ones their neighbors whisper are witches. —Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
Jj Kinahan, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 And also that people have used four branches of witch hazel as the vining rods or witching sticks to find water. —Steve Bender, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for witch
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Bullock, 61, and Kidman, 58, reprise their roles as sisters (and witches) Sally and Gillian Owens in the new movie. —Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026 The ones their neighbors whisper are witches. —Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
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Finally, today is triple witching with equity options, futures and futures options all set to expire. —Jj Kinahan, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 And also that people have used four branches of witch hazel as the vining rods or witching sticks to find water. —Steve Bender, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for witch
Recent Examples of Synonyms for witch
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An odder explanation involves sorcerers (koldunï-arbui) and sacrifices.— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
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Musing about unintended consequences, Oosterhoff mentioned the myth of Pandora’s box and Goethe’s tale of the sorcerer’s apprentice.— Charles Lane, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2026
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Ah, the famous and epic love between an up-and-coming designer and his hag.— Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2026
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The regulars fired at them with a booming 12-pounder that made the American boys lift their knees like old hags, trip and founder as tentacles of water dragged them under.— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Jan. 2026
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The movie is adapted from the French novel of the same name (Le mage du Kremlin, in French) by author Giuliano de Empoli and casts Paul Dano as a fictional character named Vadim Baranov, who assists Putin in his rise to the center of Russia's government.— Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
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Interspersed throughout the main storyline, sequences depict how Trent Ikithon (Mark Strong) recruited the promising fire mage to join his magic academy, submit to painful experimentations to enhance his power, and eventually groomed him to become a Volstrucker assassin to hunt down dissidents.— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Dec. 2025
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The series first debuted on Prime Video in 2021 and quickly gained a huge following, with viewers charmed by the beautiful scenery and the drama that country living can bring, helped along by Clarkson’s total lack of farming experience.— K.J. Yossman, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
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Social Media Can’t Stop Swooning Over Polar Bear The video’s comment section quickly filled with viewers charmed by the bear’s playful antics.— Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026
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In Absolute Wonder Woman, drawn by Hayden, who is also part of this artistic new wave, Diana Prince is raised in Hades by the sorceress Circe to be a witch, not on Paradise Island by caring Amazonians, and flies on a skeleton horse.— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2026
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Some of the returning POV characters are obviously Pliny, Maleagant (the sorceress from the outer wall), Ninian.— Jennifer Maas, Variety, 21 Mar. 2026
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Pearlman, the first magician to headline, hopes the gig serves as an escape from politics.— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026
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Another had been sliced in two by a monorail, like a magician’s assistant.— Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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The idea was likened to a national version of unearthing an ancient Egyptian tomb and expected to fascinate audiences.— Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
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Alicia Johnson, who lives in Onarga in Iroquois County, said she was fascinated by the neighborhood.— Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
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That won't mean much to most gamers or even most PC enthusiasts, but for memory-tuning wizards like 1usmus, more levers to pull in overclocking and timing adjustments may make more capable memory overclocks possible in the future.— Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 24 Apr. 2026
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Get ready for witches, munchkins and even the wizard.— Stacey Zable, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Witch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/witch. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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