as in spell
a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power
hovering over the sick child, the witch doctor muttered mysterious incantations
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Recent Examples of incantation
The story ends in the village of Hammondsport, where Drew was killed, with a kind of incantation of the cycle of life on Keuka Lake.
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Willing Davidson, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
Endgame sorceries, mob-melting moves, and ground-shaking incantations can be yours in next to no time.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
The amalgamation of memory, historical fact and artifice yield an engrossing incantation.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Alice draws a circle around Lilia uttering some sort of incantation as Patti LuPone’s witch writhes on the floor in her glittery jump suit and orange coat.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2024
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Willing Davidson, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
Endgame sorceries, mob-melting moves, and ground-shaking incantations can be yours in next to no time.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
The amalgamation of memory, historical fact and artifice yield an engrossing incantation.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Alice draws a circle around Lilia uttering some sort of incantation as Patti LuPone’s witch writhes on the floor in her glittery jump suit and orange coat.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incantation
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There were improvements in players like Matheus Cunha and Rayan Ait-Nouri, the development of Joao Gomes and Maximilian Kilman, and the best spells in the Wolves careers of both Pedro Neto and Hwang Hee-chan.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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With their wives away for a spell, the husbands swiftly unraveled at home.—
Paula Mejía,
The Atlantic,
2 Nov. 2025
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On June 29, 2002, Cheney briefly assumed presidential powers while Bush underwent a medical procedure, marking a rare invocation of the 25th Amendment.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Wahhaj has appeared with several prior mayors and was the first Muslim to give the invocation in the House of Representatives.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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Her goal helped the club secure its first berth in the NWSL playoffs, snapping a ninth-place curse that had haunted the team since its debut in 2021.—
Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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So begins a rollicking tale of superstition, a family curse and second chances.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Incantation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incantation. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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