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Recent Examples of sorceress
Her latest chart-toppers have held steady across Halloween week — a fitting flex for a pop sorceress who’s made chart magic her signature move.
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Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2025
Back at Montecalvo — where the surviving sorceresses are still picking up the pieces after the battle with Vilgefortz — things are calmer, though the stakes are arguably even higher.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Chalotra still excels at giving Yennefer a desperate rage that makes her sorceress scenes visceral and exciting.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
First introduced to the Great White Way in 2003, Wicked is a a prequel to The Wizard of Oz that examines how the green-skinned Elphaba (Erivo) became the Wicked Witch of the West, as well as the sorceress Glinda’s (Grande) trajectory to becoming known as the Good Witch.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
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Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2025
Back at Montecalvo — where the surviving sorceresses are still picking up the pieces after the battle with Vilgefortz — things are calmer, though the stakes are arguably even higher.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Chalotra still excels at giving Yennefer a desperate rage that makes her sorceress scenes visceral and exciting.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
First introduced to the Great White Way in 2003, Wicked is a a prequel to The Wizard of Oz that examines how the green-skinned Elphaba (Erivo) became the Wicked Witch of the West, as well as the sorceress Glinda’s (Grande) trajectory to becoming known as the Good Witch.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sorceress
Noun
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Graham is best known for her role as the powerful witch Bonnie Bennett on the CW's popular supernatural teen series The Vampire Diaries.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Mar. 2026
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If witches have fall, then fairies have spring.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The land of sorcerers, dragons and savagery played out across eight gripping series, drawing millions of viewers into the fictional worlds of Westeros, Essos, and beyond.—
Connor Sturges,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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The women in the corps are swans because of a spell cast on them by a sorcerer named von Rothbart.—
David Lyman,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Sorceress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorceress. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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