cantrips

plural of cantrip, chiefly Scottish

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Noun
  • There’s a little bit of mystery with the spirits, incantations and rituals.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Zed has led invocations for the Idaho Senate and Boise City Council.
    Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Many of those invocations dealt with white supremacist groups like the Ku Klux Klan attacking Black Americans or attempting political violence following the end of slavery in the South and the Civil War.
    Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But when one of their daughters suddenly begins suffering from unexplained fainting spells, their choice is shaken and strange twists begin to happen.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
  • This keeps them from being damaged during warm spells that turn cold again.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The source of a zombie outbreak can come from anywhere, including ancient curses and meteorites from space.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
  • That mindset leads to no shortage of delightfully blasé supernatural adventures rife with magic and curses.
    Abby Monteil, Them., 15 Oct. 2025
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“Cantrips.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cantrips. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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