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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
Robert Lang, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026
But a witch with witches’ thimbles was no good.
—Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
James Manso, WWD, 4 Feb. 2025
Need a diversion from packing up the skeletons, bats and witches hats?
—Andrew Torgan, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
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Aunt Gladys Lilly is the central antagonist, a parasitic witch who claims to be a relative of the Lilly family and is responsible for the mass disappearance.
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Sage & Salt is witching up the personal fragrance category.
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The Marvel Cinematic Universe (2011 - present) With its sorcerers, gods, and talking raccoons, the MCU doesn't usually get too hung up on academic rigor.—
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In Season Five, it’s also revealed that Will can tap into Vecna via the hive mind, which was teased as early as Season One, when his D&D character, a sorcerer, has similar abilities.—
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Is there a more ostentatious fat hag in America than Meghan McCain?—
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People online can call you an old hag or too young, but one thing is for sure.—
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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.—
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The brilliantly flexible job system still rips (want to create a gun-toting mage?—
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The Norwegian newcomer charmed the crowd with her speech about experiencing awards season for the first time.—
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Win hearts, stir drama, charm the nation—or crash and burn while trying.—
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All except librarian Elaine Ambrose, hell-bent on protecting the British Museum’s artifacts from the Blitz yet somehow connected to the sorceress Nimue, herself a protector of a certain mythical sword.—
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Meanwhile, along his journey, Odysseus encounters iconic figures from Greek mythology, including the nymph Calypso, the sorceress Circe and the goddess Athena, all while striving to reunite with his family.—
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While many people see a Saks Global bankruptcy as a fait accompli, Baker is known as a kind of dealmaking magician who could still pull something out of his hat.—
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After receiving four yeses from the judges, the musician rocketed to the top of the reality-competition series, placing third behind acrobatic group Zurcaroh and magician Shin Lim.—
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Details of the service were kept private, but the family's public show of solidarity in turning out to support Caroline is typical of the Kennedy dynasty, which has fascinated Americans for decades.—
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Why does Kubrick’s work continue to fascinate, thrill, and move us?—
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Who were the ad wizards who came up with that one?—
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This wizard doesn’t even use a curtain.—
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“Witch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/witch. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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