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as in magic
having seemingly supernatural qualities or powers
the notion that a cat has nine lives is based upon the belief that nine is a mystic number
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as in mysterious
being beyond one's powers to know, understand, or explain
the belief that there are mystic forces at work here
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as in ambiguous
having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning
mystic prophesies that are never understood until it is too late
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Recent Examples of mystic
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
From early January through Fat Tuesday, Mobile comes alive with weeks of parades, masked balls, royal coronations, and the delightfully quirky rituals of its mystic societies (similar to NOLA’s parade-throwing krewes).
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Ellen Carpenter,
AFAR Media,
15 Jan. 2026
Rebecca McCarthy,
AJC.com,
28 Feb. 2026
The backstory Founded in 1941 by British mystic Edwin John Dingle—better known as Ding Le Mei—the Mentalphysics Spiritual Teaching and Retreat Center was conceived as a sanctuary for spiritual inquiry and mental well-being.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
The Dera was founded in 1948 by the mystic Mastana Balochistani in the Haryana city of Sirsa, near the northern state’s borders with Punjab, India’s breadbasket, and the desert state of Rajasthan.
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Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
From early January through Fat Tuesday, Mobile comes alive with weeks of parades, masked balls, royal coronations, and the delightfully quirky rituals of its mystic societies (similar to NOLA’s parade-throwing krewes).
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Ellen Carpenter,
AFAR Media,
15 Jan. 2026
Noun
In 1976, Barks encountered the 13th century Sufi mystic and poet Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī, who would change his life and alter his career.
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Rebecca McCarthy,
AJC.com,
28 Feb. 2026
The backstory Founded in 1941 by British mystic Edwin John Dingle—better known as Ding Le Mei—the Mentalphysics Spiritual Teaching and Retreat Center was conceived as a sanctuary for spiritual inquiry and mental well-being.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mystic
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That air should be JR’s vital collaborator — no complex and costly scaffolding for these magic mountains — is nothing new in Paris.
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After a six-year closure (alongside the larger hotel closure), locals are thrilled to see that their beloved spot is back and better than ever (Fulk wisely left all that was magic alone and gave the space a light glow-up).
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Translation is a very mysterious thing because my goal is to create something that’s deeply equivalent but uses zero of the same words.
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That is until their husbands are killed under mysterious circumstances in the USSR, and the pair become CIA operatives.
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As the noise-rap-electro act Jane Remover shrieked and pleaded through a 90-minute marathon set at the Fonda on Thursday night, one very young couple dressed right out of a conservative‘s nightmare — gender-ambiguous, purple hair, facial piercings — tapped me on the shoulder.
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At a billion scans a month, even modest rates imply hundreds of millions of ambiguous results a year, each one demanding a clinical decision and producing a worried customer.
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Back in the ’90s, videos about computer chips and global warming serve as oracles.
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There’s a moment inside Nick Doyle’s new show at Perrotin when his AI oracle Ava stops feeling like a gimmick and starts sounding uncomfortably familiar.
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Dusty navy blue and shiny gold accents make this collection's decor feel even more magical.
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For over 40 years now, Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin has made some of the strangest, most beautiful movies in existence, films that replicate the magical qualities of cinema in its infancy, both paying tribute to Maddin’s influences and wryly satirizing them.
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Bunnie Xo has shared a cryptic video on social media after news of her split from Jelly Roll surfaced.
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Jelly Roll is clarifying a cryptic post that's going viral amid his divorce from Bunnie Xo.
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Tourism and city officials say that marketplace channels festival foot traffic directly to Black entrepreneurs and helps keep dollars circulating in local neighborhoods long after the stages go dark.
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Jason kept the look casual in a light blue graphic T-shirt, white shorts, a baseball cap and dark sunglasses.
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Laqueur’s book dwells on the way that canines often function in art—as seers of things that people miss.
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Every now and again, Monica, as much savvy therapist as all-knowing seer, interrupts Jean’s first-person account to offer guidance.
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“Mystic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mystic. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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