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Recent Examples of crone
Lisa is dancing the Godmother, a kind of a midwife crone who puts other people before herself, always beside them.
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Guillermo Perez, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
Though the character is traditionally played as a cackling crone, she'll be glammed up for Wednesday.
—EW.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Today, there are 12 practitioners at Tea & Tarot that do a variety of things including Akashic records, tea leaf readings, angel numbers and numerology, herbal facials, tarot, herbal tarot, crone magic, astrology, mediumship and animal communication.
—Sarah Kyrcz, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2025
Hahn: Agatha wears this locket around her neck with Hecate — the maiden, mother, crone.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 12 June 2025
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Guillermo Perez, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
Though the character is traditionally played as a cackling crone, she'll be glammed up for Wednesday.
—EW.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Today, there are 12 practitioners at Tea & Tarot that do a variety of things including Akashic records, tea leaf readings, angel numbers and numerology, herbal facials, tarot, herbal tarot, crone magic, astrology, mediumship and animal communication.
—Sarah Kyrcz, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2025
Hahn: Agatha wears this locket around her neck with Hecate — the maiden, mother, crone.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crone
Noun
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The regulars fired at them with a booming 12-pounder that made the American boys lift their knees like old hags, trip and founder as tentacles of water dragged them under.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Jan. 2026
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Is there a more ostentatious fat hag in America than Meghan McCain?—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
9 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Which might explain why McGlinchey is walking straight into the witch’s armpit with a smile on his face.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
23 Jan. 2026
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The grassroots campaign to get Madigan an Oscar nomination for her delicious portrayal of a youth-hungry witch proved successful.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Crone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crone. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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