mana

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Recent Examples of mana New York’s cultural notables were being blessed or knighted, infused with the divine mana of creativity. John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 14 Mar. 2010 Surfers talk of feeling the mana, a Polynesian word for spiritual energy, here. Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2023 Te Aika told me that, after centuries of European colonialism, his community has been reasserting its mana, or traditional authority, over native species. Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2023 Akana also sees the portrait itself as an embodiment of Queen Liliʻuokalani’s mana, or spirit. Kate C. Lemay, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2023 See all Example Sentences for mana 

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“Mana.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mana. Accessed 7 Dec. 2024.

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