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Recent Examples of mentalist
Guests sipped on martinis and enjoyed bites by Angelini Osteria while getting mind-reading sessions with mentalist Matt Cooper and browsing the store.
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Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 13 May 2025
The magician and mentalist is known for such feats of endurance as burying himself alive for seven days and holding his breath for more than 17 minutes.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 22 Mar. 2025
The great Nicholas Braun (Succession) makes a hilarious cameo in that sequence as a gloomy mentalist, mixing more absurdity into the brew.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
The Amazing Kreskin, the renowned mentalist who had his own TV program, inspired a John Malkovich movie and (perhaps) a Johnny Carson character and performed hundreds of live shows a year, died Tuesday.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 13 May 2025
The magician and mentalist is known for such feats of endurance as burying himself alive for seven days and holding his breath for more than 17 minutes.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 22 Mar. 2025
The great Nicholas Braun (Succession) makes a hilarious cameo in that sequence as a gloomy mentalist, mixing more absurdity into the brew.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
The Amazing Kreskin, the renowned mentalist who had his own TV program, inspired a John Malkovich movie and (perhaps) a Johnny Carson character and performed hundreds of live shows a year, died Tuesday.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mentalist
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Among the 10 defendants seen arriving at the Paris Criminal Court in the French capital’s 17th arrondissement on Monday were Aurélien Poirson-Atlan, who posts under the pseudonym Zoé Sagan, as well as a clairvoyant named as Delphine Jegousse, who goes under the pseudonym of Amandine Roy.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
27 Oct. 2025
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Hall’s clairvoyant was not your typical fortune teller.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
20 Sep. 2025
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The mind reader Frances Usher and her illusionist husband, Harry, lived there; Will Rogers, a prolific entertainer, liked to ride over from his ranch in the neighboring canyon.—
Dana Goodyear,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Staying Ahead Of The Season The convenience stores that are winning in the fall season aren't meteorologists or mind readers—they're methodical planners who know success tastes better than leftover pumpkin spice inventory.—
Elie Y. Katz,
Forbes.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Such was the case when the always wonderful Jo Brand stepped up and proved herself a telepath.—
Matthew Jackson,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
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Her tales of power-hungry telepaths and erotic alien encounters are now canonical, in science fiction and beyond.—
Stephen Kearse,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Mentalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mentalist. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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