as in sixth sense
the power of seeing or knowing about things that are not present to the senses
people who claim to have clairvoyance are sometimes asked to help locate missing persons
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Recent Examples of clairvoyance
There is a certain frequency DeLillo captures, or maybe creates, not entirely unlike that of Conrad’s and Didion’s in its clairvoyance and occasional portentousness, that suggests a secret world hovering behind the world of the everyday.
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Jon Raymond
august 5, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
With just about 20 days until the presidential election, voters have turned to polls and prediction markets for some clairvoyance on its outcome.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024
At the heart of his own clairvoyance and mediumship was an understanding that God was benevolent — too good to ever create something so awful as hell or eternal damnation.
—Elizabeth Garner Masarik / Made By History, TIME, 16 Oct. 2024
But in that moment, Queen Genevieve was born, a player whose clairvoyance could summon her enemies’ words from the ether.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
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Jon Raymond
august 5, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
With just about 20 days until the presidential election, voters have turned to polls and prediction markets for some clairvoyance on its outcome.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024
At the heart of his own clairvoyance and mediumship was an understanding that God was benevolent — too good to ever create something so awful as hell or eternal damnation.
—Elizabeth Garner Masarik / Made By History, TIME, 16 Oct. 2024
But in that moment, Queen Genevieve was born, a player whose clairvoyance could summon her enemies’ words from the ether.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clairvoyance
Noun
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Trump has a sixth sense for power There’s a push and a pull to power.—
Jonathan J. Cooper,
Twin Cities,
6 Sep. 2025
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However, the High Priestess shows February being full of rest and healing, urging you to slow down and listen to your intuition… because your sixth sense is strong for a reason.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That means Andre was aware of the risk to his health and still tried to use his magnetic telepathy to move the door at Elmira.—
Olivia Singh,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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These detector settings allow Alice and Bob to ask the particles different questions; an additional trick to throw off their apparent telepathy.—
Daniel Garisto,
Scientific American,
6 Oct. 2022
Noun
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With the bullish determination of Ed and the wide-eyed second sight of Lorraine, the Warrens’ only child sells a clear vision of right and wrong when news of the Smurls’ predicament comes their way.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
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In episode 6, Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) goes to visit the grave of the pop icon’s Rosaline, who is a deceased Nevermore professor known for her second sight, after losing her powers in part one.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The chat reportedly included discussions that could indicate ideological motivations, and possibly even encouragement or foreknowledge of the attack.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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What was the level of foreknowledge about this attack?—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The speculative element can take many forms—monsters, time travel, elevator operators with extrasensory perception—but the stories then usually adopt a more classic plot.—
Nathaniel Moore
September 10,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
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The only other major parapsychology unit in the United States was Princeton’s Engineering Anomalies Research Laboratory, or PEAR, which focused on telekinesis and extrasensory perception.—
Saskia Solomon,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Clairvoyance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clairvoyance. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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