sortilege

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Noun
  • Indeed, Absolutely was a project of divination, of spiritual conjuring.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Recently, the method of divination has had another resurgence in modern day.
    Lisa Stardust, People.com, 20 June 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
  • The commercial weather forecasting service estimates that temperatures could rise 15 to 20 degrees above seasonal norms, with some inland areas likely reaching or surpassing readings of 100 degrees.
    Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Tools that were initially adopted to automate workflows can provide the clean, structured and timely data required for forecasting and modeling.
    Suresh Kannan, Forbes.com, 2 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 9 Sep. 2025.

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