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Recent Examples of crone
The family had only one inside servant, Mai Viro, an ancient crone with a bead of sweat perpetually on her upper lip, who washed and carried and ruled the household from the kitchen and might in her sleep have pedalled a generator to provide electricity, if that had been required.
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Daniyal Mueenuddin, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
There on the bare table sat Sister Wang, naked, like a crone from a tale.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Though the character is traditionally played as a cackling crone, she'll be glammed up for Wednesday.
—EW.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Today, there are 12 practitioners at Tea & Tarot that do a variety of things including Akashic records, tea leaf readings, angel numbers and numerology, herbal facials, tarot, herbal tarot, crone magic, astrology, mediumship and animal communication.
—Sarah Kyrcz, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2025
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Daniyal Mueenuddin, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
There on the bare table sat Sister Wang, naked, like a crone from a tale.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Though the character is traditionally played as a cackling crone, she'll be glammed up for Wednesday.
—EW.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Today, there are 12 practitioners at Tea & Tarot that do a variety of things including Akashic records, tea leaf readings, angel numbers and numerology, herbal facials, tarot, herbal tarot, crone magic, astrology, mediumship and animal communication.
—Sarah Kyrcz, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crone
Noun
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And nor are any of the spooky figures, which range from 1950s housewives to toothless hags.—
The Week,
TheWeek,
7 May 2026
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Ah, the famous and epic love between an up-and-coming designer and his hag.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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More recently, the Australian trio launched a website for a fake company called Takumi, whose mascot is a purple cartoon cat that wears a witch hat and flies on a broomstick.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
14 May 2026
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In the series adaptation, from creator, executive producer and co-showrunner Turner (Up In The Air, X-Men First Class), a ruthless and crass barbarian is cursed to only use his violence for good, which sends him, his talking axe and a young witch on a road of self discovery, redemption and revenge.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
13 May 2026
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“Crone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crone. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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