Definition of channelernext
as in psychic
a person who claims to speak with or for the spirits of the dead a channeler who claims to receive messages from a medieval warrior

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Recent Examples of channeler To come in the presence of an artist who was such a channeler of spirit through their work is such a privilege. Eileen Finan, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025 Along with Nynaeve and, to a lesser extent, Alayne, Egwene is one of the most naturally powerful channelers the Aes Sedai have ever seen. Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2025 Further, there’s some worry that by spending thousands of years finding and gentling (or executing) male channelers, humanity has begun to self-select channeling out of the gene pool. ArsTechnica, 28 Mar. 2025 Male channelers, on the other hand, seem to have gotten some upgrades. Andrew Cunningham & Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 29 Sep. 2023
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psychic
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  • Though unusual, unorthodox and often a last resort, police departments at times call on psychics to help redirect detectives who’ve looked at the same facts and evidence time and again.
    Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
  • From musty star maps to ratty psychics, the movie so adores Los Angeles that Thomas Lennon’s hair stylist character is a riff on local billboard king Chaz Dean.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

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“Channeler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/channeler. Accessed 24 Jul. 2026.

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