as in talismans
something worn or kept to bring good luck or keep away evil
a small cross made of goat bone was worn in the Middle Ages as an amulet to ward off evil
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Recent Examples of amulets
Brides in South Asia are famously decked out in the precious metal – necklaces, earrings, nose rings, hair pieces and amulets – that can be gifted or inherited.
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Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Natron bubbling out of pale saline lakes in the Wadi Natron (west of the Nile) was used in making the blue glaze faience for amulets such as Taweret’s and the scarab beetles such as those produced in a delta factory.
—Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
Romans may have worn trilobite amulets.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Calligraphers like Mustapha produce sacred work, such as copies of the Quran, books of religious poetry, and amulets.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 14 Sep. 2025
Russian forces had also taken old icons and books, a Polovtsian saber, Scythian bronze items, buckles, amulets, temple rings, axes and arrowheads from the times of Kievan Rus, the first East Slavic state, established between the 9th and 13th centuries.
—Yegor Mostovshikov, The Dial, 9 Sep. 2025
The installation reimagines this tradition with 200 ancient amulets from across time and all corners of the globe, that can be seen in museums worldwide, representing Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Viking, Islamic, Japanese, Indian, Chinese, Celtic, Greco-Roman, and Pre-Columbian traditions.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Collectibles and combat challenges litter the levels, as well as unlockable outfits, amulets, and weapons waiting to be unlocked.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Natron bubbling out of pale saline lakes in the Wadi Natron (west of the Nile) was used in making the blue glaze faience for amulets such as Taweret’s and the scarab beetles such as those produced in a delta factory.
—Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
Romans may have worn trilobite amulets.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Calligraphers like Mustapha produce sacred work, such as copies of the Quran, books of religious poetry, and amulets.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 14 Sep. 2025
Russian forces had also taken old icons and books, a Polovtsian saber, Scythian bronze items, buckles, amulets, temple rings, axes and arrowheads from the times of Kievan Rus, the first East Slavic state, established between the 9th and 13th centuries.
—Yegor Mostovshikov, The Dial, 9 Sep. 2025
The installation reimagines this tradition with 200 ancient amulets from across time and all corners of the globe, that can be seen in museums worldwide, representing Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Viking, Islamic, Japanese, Indian, Chinese, Celtic, Greco-Roman, and Pre-Columbian traditions.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Collectibles and combat challenges litter the levels, as well as unlockable outfits, amulets, and weapons waiting to be unlocked.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amulets
talismans
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The pieces extending the collection kept spotlighting the boldness of gold and playing with talismans centered on key themes of the brand, such as the evil eye symbol abounding on necklaces and minimal earrings and rings nodding to the shape of the snake.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
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To explain these distortions, experts speculate that the figures served as fertility talismans—designed to maximize those parts of the body that evolution has encoded us to see as signs of optimal child-bearers.—
Harmon Siegel,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Amulets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amulets. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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