as in sorcery
the power to control natural forces through supernatural means
taught all of her daughters witchcraft
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Recent Examples of witchcraft
Now, though, with the widespread circulation of magic manuals, grimoires, and related compendia—with the recording, on paper, of words, spells, histories, stories—witchcraft has taken an irreversible step into the exoteric realm.
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Kristen Roupenian, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Johnson did, reportedly, resort to witchcraft—a protection spell over the restaurant, and a curse on Aghajanian.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
These scholars have argued that all those odd things—levitation, bilocation, miracles of all kinds, witchcraft—really did happen.
—Chandler Fritz, The New York Review of Books, 21 Mar. 2026
She was regarded as the female Christ by her followers but accused of witchcraft by outsiders.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
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Kristen Roupenian, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Johnson did, reportedly, resort to witchcraft—a protection spell over the restaurant, and a curse on Aghajanian.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
These scholars have argued that all those odd things—levitation, bilocation, miracles of all kinds, witchcraft—really did happen.
—Chandler Fritz, The New York Review of Books, 21 Mar. 2026
She was regarded as the female Christ by her followers but accused of witchcraft by outsiders.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for witchcraft
Noun
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In a feat of sorcery that should have other sandwich makers crying in their beer, the ciabatta roll here is tender and comparatively thin.—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
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She was found guilty of heresy and sorcery in 1441.—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The purest example are the rooftop concerts, a rather improbable attempt to bring a little bit of Beatles-style magic to Chicago’s Clark Street, where The Weiner’s Circle is parked.—
Jimmy Jellinek,
SPIN,
27 Apr. 2026
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The magic of the molcajete, a pre-Hispanic mortar and pestle, is its ability to extract oils in a way the blades of a food processor can’t.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Witchcraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/witchcraft. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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