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Recent Examples of sorcery But the complexity remains transfixing, even after Errico quits the band and Stone pours his sorcery into the drum machine, a development that the film’s expert-musicians agree sets his music down a wide Yellow Brick Road. Wesley Morris, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025 Wakanda Forever, the series brings Riri back home to Chicago, where the lines between science and sorcery start to blur. Okla Jones, Essence, 30 Mar. 2025 Generating sophisticated charts or extracting hidden insights was a form of sorcery few dared to question. Florian Douetteau, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025 The act was short and provided few details about what constituted witchcraft, sorcery or necromancy. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sorcery
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Noun
  • Aimed at preschoolers, the series follows a young girl learning the ropes of witchcraft with the help of her magical pets and a supportive community.
    Jamie Lang, Variety, 7 June 2025
  • Created with rotoscope animation, Dog of God is set in the 17th century and focuses on a woman accused of witchcraft and how her trial uncovers the existence of a werewolf.
    Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • And while that year proved to be an outlier, Mangiapane has proven he can be relied upon for 14-18 goals and maybe, if some of the earlier magic reappears (and his playing time increases), something more.
    Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 17 June 2025
  • When motivated teams use AI tools, that’s when the magic happens.
    Leigh Cuen, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025

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“Sorcery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorcery. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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