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a way of communicating thoughts directly from one person's mind to another person's mind without using words or signals
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Recent Examples of telepathy
Sterling and Blair’s world — and the logic of their kitschy twin telepathy — is thrown into total chaos.
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Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 14 Aug. 2020
Psychic powers, including telekinesis and telepathy. Dragon King (1981): Real name unknown.
—cleveland, 29 May 2020
As a result, some of the first clear influences seen in Superman come from such stories', which often featured characters who possessed incredible abilities such as superhuman strength, telepathy, and clairvoyance.
—Theo Karasavvas, Ars Technica, 4 Jan. 2020
The next year, Schmeisser marched into a large conference room at Army Research Office headquarters in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, to pitch a research project to investigate synthetic telepathy for soldiers.
—Adam Piore, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2012
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Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 14 Aug. 2020
Psychic powers, including telekinesis and telepathy. Dragon King (1981): Real name unknown.
—cleveland, 29 May 2020
As a result, some of the first clear influences seen in Superman come from such stories', which often featured characters who possessed incredible abilities such as superhuman strength, telepathy, and clairvoyance.
—Theo Karasavvas, Ars Technica, 4 Jan. 2020
The next year, Schmeisser marched into a large conference room at Army Research Office headquarters in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, to pitch a research project to investigate synthetic telepathy for soldiers.
—Adam Piore, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2012
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for telepathy
Noun
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Spiritualism was the popularization of clairvoyance, telepathy and mediums who claimed to communicate with the dead.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
23 Apr. 2026
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Fortune-tellers are not the only figures who aspire to clairvoyance.—
Yiyun Li,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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The chat reportedly included discussions that could indicate ideological motivations, and possibly even encouragement or foreknowledge of the attack.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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What was the level of foreknowledge about this attack?—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Critics of the latest wave of measures to hold young people accountable as adults point to studies showing that young people are statistically less rational and behave with less foresight than adults.—
Elizabeth Bruenig,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
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For users who have spent years juggling screenshots at airport security, that sense of foresight is where loyalty begins.—
Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone,
Miami Herald,
9 June 2026
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“Telepathy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telepathy. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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