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extrasensory

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Recent Examples of extrasensory From the above example, friend one and two demonstrate a relatively standard range of sensitivity, while friend three and four exhibit more extreme extrasensory abilities. Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 2 July 2018 Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner’s extrasensory musical comes back to us courtesy of the Irish Repertory Theater. Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 21 June 2018 Making out with Elektra Natchios in the rain demonstrates Daredevil’s extrasensory abilities. Peter Nagy, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2018 So, in addition to her boundless cleverness, Matilda develops some extrasensory powers as a defense against the small-mindedness of the adults around her. Punch Shaw, star-telegram.com, 15 June 2017 The laboratory has conducted studies on extrasensory perception and telekinesis from its cramped quarters in the basement of the university’s engineering building since 1979. Randy Dotinga, WIRED, 12 Feb. 2007
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extrasensory
Adjective
  • By 1974, though, many women had already discarded those notions as instruments of domination, psychic equivalents of the whalebone corset.
    James Marcus, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • If your story involves cloning, time travel, psychic powers, fine.
    JD Barker, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Inspired by a gothic heroine returning to screens this year, Gothmas celebrates moody magic through black lace, celestial motifs, and mystical accessories.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Love feels a lot quieter, perhaps even taking more of a mystical turn, Sagittarius.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • If this group of hardened degenerates was able to enjoy the action at this level, who, exactly, are the spiritual victims of sports betting?
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
  • This could look like spontaneous travel plans, shifting your career focus or even a spiritual awakening.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Helena, meanwhile, was supposedly a mystic receiving directions from spiritual masters hidden in the Himalayas.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
  • This was the danger Madison considered — that mystic memory would falsely elevate the Constitution.
    Big Think, Big Think, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The only thing better than witnessing this celestial event?
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
  • So, the gap separating this celestial pair will appear to be equal to roughly half a fist.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Nov. 2025

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“Extrasensory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extrasensory. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.

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