familiar spirit

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Recent Examples of familiar spirit Pros and Cons Pros Spirits provided Partners with familiar spirits brands Free shipping for subscribers Cons Small online bottle shop Customer service is e-mail only Overview Some cocktail kits require you to provide the spirit to make their drinks. Rich Manning, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2023 Eladio Carrión and Don Julio González, the late founder of the iconic tequila brand, share a familiar spirit. Walaa Elsiddig, Billboard, 12 June 2023 But by his own admission King had tagged me with a familiar spirit. Kent Russell, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022 These hues capture a familiar spirit of belonging, warmth, and self-expression. Eva Thomas, PEOPLE.com, 6 May 2022 When entering their third season in 1997 and dealing with the departure of scene-stealer Chevy Chase, the SNL cast found a familiar spirit in host Grodin. Samantha Pitchel, Vulture, 18 May 2021 The Modernist stocks several bottles of the alcohol-free label Seedlip, which approximates the flavors of familiar spirits without the hangover. Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 25 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for familiar spirit
Noun
  • In that spirit, the exhibition resists the expectation that women and non-binary artists must define themselves in contrast to a male norm.
    Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The spirit of his work, which earned him a humanism in medicine scholarship in medical school, is what prompted him to call Sutton-Schulman.
    Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Ahead of the 500-year anniversary of the Virgin Mary’s apparition in Tepeyac, Mexico, the sculpture is embarking on a worldwide tour, with visits scheduled to Colombia, Puerto Rico and the Philippines, among other places.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
  • In Lockwood’s world, the apparition of a saint is not strictly strange.
    Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The bright orange bucket, sporting Home Depot's logo, features jack-o'-lanterns, bats, ghosts, spiders and spiderwebs.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The ghosts of the Federal Theatre still haunt the 102-year-old movie house, and David Lindoerfer has seen them.
    John Wenzel, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Future Antarctic and radio-neutrino arrays will decide if ANITA glimpsed a phantom or a frontier.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Because contemporary phantoms of Richard Mille, Patek Philippe, and Rolex are expertly constructed to entice even the most discerning eye, provenance is crucial.
    Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Familiar spirit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/familiar%20spirit. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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