as in second sight
the power of seeing or knowing about things that are not present to the senses
a filmmaker with a sixth sense for knowing which stories the general public will find irresistible
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Recent Examples of sixth sense
In fact, most of her work can be roughly pigeonholed as an attempt to give soldiers a sixth sense.
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IEEE Spectrum, 15 Sep. 2010
Ward doesn’t have Mahomes’ all-world arm talent, and Mahomes has since combined that sixth sense with a mastery of how defenses have been trying to defend him over the years.
—Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Unfortunately, thanks to the alien queen gestating inside her at time of death, her DNA is mixed with that of a xenomorph, giving her a sixth sense, super-fast reflexes, and acidic blood in her veins.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 26 Mar. 2025
The Gen 7 car has marginalized Hamlin’s sixth sense on super speedways, while Toyotas have recently come up short against Chevrolet and Ford, which split the past four 500s.
—Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 15 Sep. 2010
Ward doesn’t have Mahomes’ all-world arm talent, and Mahomes has since combined that sixth sense with a mastery of how defenses have been trying to defend him over the years.
—Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Unfortunately, thanks to the alien queen gestating inside her at time of death, her DNA is mixed with that of a xenomorph, giving her a sixth sense, super-fast reflexes, and acidic blood in her veins.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 26 Mar. 2025
The Gen 7 car has marginalized Hamlin’s sixth sense on super speedways, while Toyotas have recently come up short against Chevrolet and Ford, which split the past four 500s.
—Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sixth sense
Noun
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The Cowardly Lion is a member of a half-human, half-animal race enslaved by Azkadellia for their powers of second sight.—
Emma Stefansky,
Vulture,
26 Nov. 2024
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The books follow protagonists who strive to become young artists in a crumbling economy, inherit second sight while spilling with grief, and deal with the reality of our grave present.—
Zoe Guy,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2024
Noun
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There is a certain frequency DeLillo captures, or maybe creates, not entirely unlike that of Conrad’s and Didion’s in its clairvoyance and occasional portentousness, that suggests a secret world hovering behind the world of the everyday.—
Jon Raymond
August 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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Your ability to adapt and act with integrity, not clairvoyance, is the ultimate safeguard of your brand’s future.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
Noun
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Does a person accept, say, poltergeists, but not extrasensory perception?—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
14 Nov. 2024
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The only other major parapsychology unit in the United States was Princeton’s Engineering Anomalies Research Laboratory, or PEAR, which focused on telekinesis and extrasensory perception.—
Saskia Solomon,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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