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Recent Examples of mentalist
Consider the character of Thessalie Wayward, a successful stage mentalist until the Depression and the talkies killed off vaudeville.
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Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Guests sipped on martinis and enjoyed bites by Angelini Osteria while getting mind-reading sessions with mentalist Matt Cooper and browsing the store.
—Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 13 May 2025
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
Palace’s triumph was just one of several memorable moments on the episode, which on Wednesday night’s results show also saw improv rapper Chris Turner, eight months pregnant singer Jessica Sanchez and masked mentalist Mastermind advance to the semifinals.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Guests sipped on martinis and enjoyed bites by Angelini Osteria while getting mind-reading sessions with mentalist Matt Cooper and browsing the store.
—Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 13 May 2025
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
Palace’s triumph was just one of several memorable moments on the episode, which on Wednesday night’s results show also saw improv rapper Chris Turner, eight months pregnant singer Jessica Sanchez and masked mentalist Mastermind advance to the semifinals.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mentalist
Noun
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This comic slice-of-life set piece jumps its gossamer-light rails when one of the bachelors, a talented clairvoyant—read: skillful fraud—named Patrick Seton, is accused of making off with a widow’s savings.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
14 Jan. 2026
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As a member of the Dead, Weir was a kind of shape-shifting clairvoyant, creating ever-evolving sounds and forms that became essential to the fabric of American music culture.—
Erin Osmon,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Its narrator, Jill, is a literal mind reader who pops into the heads of people on the edge of death.—
Emma Sarappo,
The Atlantic,
30 Jan. 2026
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Officers cannot be expected to be mind readers.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Season 4 saw the cast confront the mysterious Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower), an incredibly powerful telepath, in a battle that left Hawkins devastated and expanded the rift between the Earth and the Upside Down.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
30 Oct. 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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“Mentalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mentalist. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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