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as in sorcerer
a woman believed to have often harmful supernatural powers
the 17th-century house had once belonged to a woman who was hanged as a witch
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as in mage
a person skilled in using supernatural forces
freakish storms that were once thought to be the work of witches
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as in to charm
to attract or delight as if by magic
the woman did witch me with her gentle smile
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Recent Examples of witch
Peter Debruge, Variety, 18 June 2025
Diesel plays Kaulder, a cursed immortal knight who is tasked with keeping rogue witches in line and hidden from the general populace.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 13 June 2025
Bailey Richards, People.com, 5 Oct. 2024
Lilia follows a creepy girl in a dress through the house, only to find ghoulish undead witches leering at her.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Centuries earlier, she might have been labeled a witch.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 18 June 2025
Diesel plays Kaulder, a cursed immortal knight who is tasked with keeping rogue witches in line and hidden from the general populace.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 13 June 2025
Verb
The star also covered her trees with lights, fake cobwebs and witches hats, added piles of orange and white pumpkins and set up a candy dispenser display for the kiddos.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 5 Oct. 2024
Lilia follows a creepy girl in a dress through the house, only to find ghoulish undead witches leering at her.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for witch
Noun
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May 21, 2025 Jujutsu Kaisen is one of the most popular anime, and the top-selling Manga in the world about Yuji Itadori, a high school student who joins a secret group of sorcerers that fight spirits.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 May 2025
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Alys Tanner has been condemned as a witch in 18th century New England and escapes to captain an all-female crew of sorcerers.—
Lorraine Berry,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
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That lady is really the aforementioned murderous hag (Meredith Binder), her false veneer of youthful beauty reinforced by a magic mirror’s flattering (if also caustic) topless female spirits, and sustained via grisly methods seemingly inspired by Elizabeth Bathory.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
2 May 2025
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Several get small charts offering ideas to inspire how the monster could be used, such as what strange price a hag might have for its secrets or what an owlbear might keep in its den beyond treasure.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Try, try again Speaking of classes, the eight options here tend to fall into the usual archetypes for this kind of action-adventure game: the tank, the mage, the defensive specialist, the dextrous dodger, etc.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 May 2025
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When supernatural events threaten the town of Owl’s Hollow, Charlie, the owner of the local spell shop, and Fitz, a mage business mogul, must put their rivalry aside to save the magical enclave.—
Ashley Poston,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
Verb
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On July 4, your celestial ruler, Venus, entered the sparkly and witty sign of Gemini, charming your ninth house of experience and self-discovery.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
10 July 2025
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Even with the other guys' admonitions not to, under any circumstances, be themselves, Dee and Charlie's improbable success in charming these scions of the Philly upper crust had the guys — and us — both baffled and anxiously awaiting an ugly twist.—
Dennis Perkins,
EW.com,
10 July 2025
Noun
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Over the course of the series, Jen evolves from a powerless witch hocking legally dubious candles, to a sorceress liberated from the binds that kept her grounded.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
6 June 2025
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The mad sorceress Eudoxia, Empress of Troy, has died, leaving the Serpent Throne empty.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
Noun
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Thank you for your exceedingly gracious evocation of my magician’s silks while brandishing your own.—
John Updike,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
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The way the number two seed twiddles with his racket with a magician’s sleight of hand is mesmerizing.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
Verb
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Long fascinated by the moa, Jackson and Walsh have been collecting bones of the extinct bird for years.—
Degen Pener,
HollywoodReporter,
8 July 2025
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Michael Karin has long been fascinated by what happens when inflammation — ideally a short-term burst of biological activity to promote healing or fight infection — turns chronic and potentially deadly.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 July 2025
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Could these wizards find a way to dump Zeke Nnaji’s contract, too?—
Matt Schubert,
Denver Post,
3 July 2025
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The wizard will check whether your PC meets the requirements which are not, of course, the same as those needed to upgrade to Windows 11.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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“Witch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/witch. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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