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
  • Weather forecasting is a powerful tool.
    Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Historically, most weather forecasting models have been based on data from high-income countries in the northern hemisphere.
    Emily Kwong, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The rule of thumb is that if a party sees a mass exodus of its members in Congress, that’s a bad augury.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Dream books offered augury, poetry, and purpose—a kind of secular scripture for the numbers game.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
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“Sortilege.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sortilege. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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