variants
or ch'i
also qi
as in energy
a spiritual force that is held to emanate from or give animation to living beings
the concept of chi is of central importance in acupuncture
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Recent Examples of chi
Snake plants, also called sword plants, cut through negative energy and uplift the chi in a home office, Morris says.
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Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Mar. 2025
How does a young man with perfectly flowing chi and an EpiPen in his glove compartment wind up puffy faced and dead just off the Van Wyck Expressway?
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
Chief among its design is its challenging AI that seems impervious to previous game exploits like charging your chi from a safe distance and cheesing damage by unleashing raw supers.
—Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2024
When these forces become unbalanced by disease, an energy in the body called qi gets disrupted.
—Tim Petrie, Dpt, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2024
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Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Mar. 2025
How does a young man with perfectly flowing chi and an EpiPen in his glove compartment wind up puffy faced and dead just off the Van Wyck Expressway?
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
Chief among its design is its challenging AI that seems impervious to previous game exploits like charging your chi from a safe distance and cheesing damage by unleashing raw supers.
—Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2024
When these forces become unbalanced by disease, an energy in the body called qi gets disrupted.
—Tim Petrie, Dpt, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chi
Noun
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One of the bottlenecks in frequency comb technology has been the high energy required for spectral broadening.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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Starting from the questionable proposition that revolutionary movements require energy and that energy in its most basic form is derived from solar rays, Chizhevsky listed some historical developments that lined up with astronomical developments.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
12 Sep. 2025
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The second reason is that these aura battler designs were very complex and full of curves as well as weird angles.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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The result is an almost-black shade of mahogany that strikes the perfect balance of autumnal aura and goth feels.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Chi.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chi. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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