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Enter kitchen witchery, a practice rooted in modern witchcraft that blends intention, ritual, and everyday cooking.—
Cori Sears,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Oct. 2025 -
Per Archaeology News, Foundation Rock encapsulates a culture whose rulership tied their political authority to ritual practice, myth, and history.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
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The project also carried quasi-ritualistic overtones in his cutting pieces of the truck, which were later presented as sculptures.—
Antonio Sergio Bessa,
Curbed,
20 Oct. 2025
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After their dad's death, a brother and sister wind up moving in with a new foster mother (a great Sally Hawkins) going to ritualistic extremes to fix a traumatic loss.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 Oct. 2025
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What America is experiencing now is the feature presentation, a systematic, full-frontal assault on our nation’s cultural and intellectual life.—
Andrew Weinstein,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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Also, by overweighting the same securities through passive vehicles, investors’ holdings look like a sea of sameness, heightening systematic risk and limiting diversification.—
Mike Terwilliger,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
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But the truth is that the more powers are unlocked, the less methodical the combat becomes.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
20 Oct. 2025
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Florida coach Billy Napier was fired Sunday despite a win over Mississippi State, seven games and four losses into another lackluster season in which the Gators slipped further behind the SEC’s top programs as his methodical build never turned the corner.—
Matt Baker,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Formalistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/formalistic. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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