sortilege

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Noun
  • Threshold moments invite divination, making the equinox the perfect night to host a tarot or oracle gathering.
    Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Indeed, Absolutely was a project of divination, of spiritual conjuring.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • As Pete says, juries almost literally live on another planet, being sequestered from the likes of us and our soothsaying.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 23 May 2025
  • It’s told in flashback to Simba and Nala’s daughter, Kiara, by the soothsaying mandrill Rafiki, with the meerkat Timon and the warthog Pumbaa goofing on the sidelines.
    Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • When tested on tasks from the financial services industry, the company said the new model outperformed earlier Claude models in tasks such as researching, building financial models, and forecasting.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
  • In addition, Addleman signaled plans to hire an independent financial analyst to evaluate Hayward’s budget from the past year and scrutinize the budget forecasting process that led to the budget’s instability, according to a city press release.
    Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Dream books offered augury, poetry, and purpose—a kind of secular scripture for the numbers game.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Despite these auguries of Sylvester’s moral and psychological well-being, the fact remains he is broke.
    Timothy Crouse, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
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“Sortilege.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sortilege. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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