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Recent Examples of wonder-worker
The order that takes his name, the Franciscans, is known for its production of wonder-workers capable of similar feats.
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Emily Harnett, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Online, a host of experimental, upstart wonder-workers were finding new audiences with eye-catching content about all things demonic.
—Sam Kestenbaum, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
Emily Harnett, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Online, a host of experimental, upstart wonder-workers were finding new audiences with eye-catching content about all things demonic.
—Sam Kestenbaum, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wonder-worker
Noun
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Player 44, the shaman, finally completes this team of outcasts by haughtily chastising them for not coming to her first.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
26 Dec. 2024
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Tapped from the history of female shamans, the original aroma was an overdose of amber and cashmeran wood, and in the new Extraintense fragrance, has turned even more captivating and charming.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Brother Larry Schellman taught him about shamans, swamis, and thaumaturges, as well as the Catholic Church’s position on them—namely, that their powers are real but demonically granted.—
Kent Russell,
Harper's Magazine,
11 May 2022
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Of Jesus the dusty thaumaturge, the wandering soul-zapper and self-styled son of God, less so.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2020
Noun
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His tenure was short-lived, however: within a year, he was declared a sinner and imprisoned by another Acholi prophet: Joseph Kony.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
17 May 2025
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He is considered a prophet who led the Israelites out of slavery in the Exodus.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The seer narrowed down the location to a place near or over a garage in Brooklyn, Manhattan, or the Bronx.—
Mara Bovsun,
New York Daily News,
3 May 2025
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Machar has long regarded himself as destined for the presidency, citing a prophecy years ago by a seer from his ethnic group.—
Cara Anna,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2025
Noun
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That spells trouble in the Indo-Pacific, a watery region where military leaders and Beltway diviners believe a war over Taiwan could erupt as soon as 2027.—
Colin Demarest,
Axios,
8 Mar. 2025
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That spells trouble in the Indo-Pacific, a watery region where military leaders and Beltway diviners believe a war over Taiwan could erupt as soon as 2027.—
Colin Demarest,
Axios,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Given that the upcoming Hunter Biden trial for tax felonies may have included testimony about how and when the presidential son shared fees from questionable foreign sources with his father, Mason could've had a side gig as a soothsayer.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
2 Dec. 2024
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Rather than the typical market outlook, fraught with all the dangers of being a soothsayer, this outlook will endeavor to take a journey like Lewis Carroll’s Alice to find some reality in markets that can sometimes seem unreal or irrational.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Webber said that groups, called krewes, organize parades and distribute beads featuring characters such as kings and witch doctors.—
Saleen Martin,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
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While Keaton did not elaborate on the shrunken head room, the first film featured a scene in which Beetlejuice’s own head gets shrunk by a witch doctor who also shrunk the head of a hunter.—
Eric Andersson,
Peoplemag,
19 Feb. 2024
Noun
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And the villains, of course, exuding every nastily relatable emotion; the stepmothers and sorceresses are vain, arrogant, dismissive, lonely, rude, and outrageous.—
Darren Franich,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2025
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As the competition to win the Prince’s hand heats up, chaos reigns when a dazzling peasant girl named Xifeng is thrown into the romance wars by a vengeful sorceress.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Wonder-worker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wonder-worker. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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