as in spells
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 incantations
There’s a little bit of mystery with the spirits, incantations and rituals.
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Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2025
Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incantations
Noun
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Ideally, cuttings should be taken just after roses drop their leaves in fall or immediately before the flower buds begin to break in late winter; however, cuttings can be taken any time in winter as long as gardens aren’t experiencing spells of extreme cold.—
Lauren Landers,
The Spruce,
10 Jan. 2026
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These two Premier League head coaches are under the microscope due to prolonged spells of underwhelming results and performances, operating in increasingly pressurised environments with unhappy fanbases.—
Colin Millar,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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Seneca’s and Cicero’s invocations of humanitas were as double-edged as our own talk of the humanities, pointing at once to a body of knowledge and to a moral choice that learning might inspire.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
8 Dec. 2025
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Zed has led invocations for the Idaho Senate and Boise City Council.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In Jujutsu Kaisen, heroic jujutsu sorcerers wage war against demonic creatures called curses and the curse users, who wield jujutsu powers for evil.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
1 Jan. 2026
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And as relief from one of the greatest curses imaginable – chronic pain – the neuro-key may offer pain modulation without the expense, side effects, and addiction risk of opioids and systemic drugs.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 Dec. 2025
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“Incantations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incantations. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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