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Recent Examples of palmist
As an artist, palmist, and generally spiritual woman, Wright had a few otherworldly experiences in the home herself.
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Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 31 Aug. 2022
Writer Michael Adno grew up in Sarasota, Florida, home to an unusually large bevy of palmists, mediums, and others able to connect with unseen spirits and energies.
—Krista Stevens, Longreads, 10 July 2018
No palmist is needed to tell us that three is a trend.
—Vogue, 28 Sep. 2017
You will be asked to, but a palmist should never attempt to diagnose an illness or predict someone’s death.
—Malia Wollan, New York Times, 21 July 2017
For a long time, this would have seemed as foolish as giving your money to a palmist.
—Atul Gawande, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 31 Aug. 2022
Writer Michael Adno grew up in Sarasota, Florida, home to an unusually large bevy of palmists, mediums, and others able to connect with unseen spirits and energies.
—Krista Stevens, Longreads, 10 July 2018
No palmist is needed to tell us that three is a trend.
—Vogue, 28 Sep. 2017
You will be asked to, but a palmist should never attempt to diagnose an illness or predict someone’s death.
—Malia Wollan, New York Times, 21 July 2017
For a long time, this would have seemed as foolish as giving your money to a palmist.
—Atul Gawande, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for palmist
Noun
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The story recounts how a king, seeking to protect his kingdom, traveled with his queen, the royal astrologer, and four chief ministers to a distant land in search of magical practices.—
Li Qi,
Artforum,
6 Mar. 2026
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In a packed ballroom in Los Angeles, astrologer Shima Moore announces that something has just happened in the stars for the first time in at least 6,400 years.—
Mattha Busby,
Rolling Stone,
1 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The story — told in the colorful, emotional graphic novel that will be published by Z2 — follows three artists on the Seattle scene, tracking their triumphs and tragedies as they are guided by an oracle, the Queen of the Seasons, who narrates the story.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
19 Mar. 2026
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The fastest of them all is Check the Tag, an Instagram account run by Brazilian sisters Kathleen Miozzo and Wenny Milzfort, which the fashion industry has adopted as its celebrity-style-credits oracle.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Palmist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palmist. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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