witch doctors

Definition of witch doctorsnext
plural of witch doctor

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Noun
  • Researchers believe the structures served as elite burial sites for leaders, priests, or shamans, challenging earlier assumptions that Funnelbeaker societies were strictly egalitarian.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 31 Dec. 2025
  • By 1901, just seventeen years after contact with the outside world, shamans were cutting their hair, getting baptized, and taking Danish Christian names.
    Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • For the most part, the initial sorcerers who make agentic AI a workplace standard will be chief information officers, chief technology officers, and businesspeople who have a deep understanding of technology.
    Bipul Sinha, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026
  • These sorcerers combat monstrous manifestations of negative human emotion, known as Curses, using a parallel energy source called Cursed Energy.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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“Witch doctors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/witch%20doctors. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.

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