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Recent Examples of crone
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.
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Sarah Kyrcz, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2025
Hahn: Agatha wears this locket around her neck with Hecate — the maiden, mother, crone.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 12 June 2025
None of these books exactly celebrate the status of the crone; all offer midlife beauty-maintenance tips.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
As the moon passes through its phases, Ixchel passes through the phases of a woman’s life, from maiden to mother to crone.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 14 Oct. 2024
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Sarah Kyrcz, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2025
Hahn: Agatha wears this locket around her neck with Hecate — the maiden, mother, crone.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 12 June 2025
None of these books exactly celebrate the status of the crone; all offer midlife beauty-maintenance tips.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
As the moon passes through its phases, Ixchel passes through the phases of a woman’s life, from maiden to mother to crone.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 14 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crone
Noun
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Rather than hang out with the two old hags, Cherry decides to try her luck on the stand-up paddleboards with Brigitte and Daniel, but quickly loses her balance.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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But when the island’s prince is kidnapped, an unlikely alliance of an ogre, hag, wizard and fey will have only days to sneak around London to save him.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
30 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Long-suffering Mariners fans are doing everything in their power to will this team to a Game 6 win — Etsy witches and rally shoes included.—
Alex Kirshner,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Novak stars as Gillian, a chic Greenwich Village witch in the Beatnik era who owns an odd art gallery, has an unusual black cat, and uses magic to woo her neighbor (Stewart).—
Gwen Ihnat,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Crone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crone. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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