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as in sorcerers
a person skilled in using supernatural forces
the magician was able to summon the birds of the air and the beasts of the field with a simple spell
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as in conjurers
one who practices tricks and illusions for entertainment
the famous magician's signature trick was pulling a rabbit out of a hat
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Recent Examples of magicians
Every twenty minutes cliff divers, costumed characters, and magicians put on performances and interact with diners.
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Vanessa Yurkevich,
CNN Money,
5 July 2026
Hang out with sheep, meet magicians and clowns and explore the amusement park.
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Cole Premo,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
Other highlights of the morning included a live disc jockey, magicians from Magic Castle in Los Angeles, Star Wars characters, LAPD K9 officers and motorcycles, free face painting, caricature drawings and a balloon artist.
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Marianne Love,
Daily News,
1 June 2026
Cocktail Magic includes bars with different themes and wandering magicians.
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Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
23 May 2026
Hollywood artists like Lubitsch and Wilder were magicians who knew how to lure in an audience.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
12 May 2026
Or just show up to watch the parade and take in the dancers, marching band, magicians, one-woman circus variety show, and more.
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Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
Someone is stealing the secrets behind magicians’ greatest tricks and selling them on illicit websites.
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Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
In this entry, the third of the series, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) and his chums at a children’s finishing school for magicians called Hogwarts must work together to protect Harry from a killer named Sirius Black (Gary Oldman), who intends to kill the young wizard.
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David Faris,
TheWeek,
16 Apr. 2026
Vanessa Yurkevich,
CNN Money,
5 July 2026
Hang out with sheep, meet magicians and clowns and explore the amusement park.
—
Cole Premo,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
Other highlights of the morning included a live disc jockey, magicians from Magic Castle in Los Angeles, Star Wars characters, LAPD K9 officers and motorcycles, free face painting, caricature drawings and a balloon artist.
—
Marianne Love,
Daily News,
1 June 2026
Cocktail Magic includes bars with different themes and wandering magicians.
—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
23 May 2026
Hollywood artists like Lubitsch and Wilder were magicians who knew how to lure in an audience.
—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
12 May 2026
Or just show up to watch the parade and take in the dancers, marching band, magicians, one-woman circus variety show, and more.
—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
Someone is stealing the secrets behind magicians’ greatest tricks and selling them on illicit websites.
—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
In this entry, the third of the series, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) and his chums at a children’s finishing school for magicians called Hogwarts must work together to protect Harry from a killer named Sirius Black (Gary Oldman), who intends to kill the young wizard.
—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
16 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for magicians
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Indeed, the sequel to the fan-favorite 1998 film, in which Bullock and Kidman play sister sorcerers, will hit theaters this September.
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An odder explanation involves sorcerers (koldunï-arbui) and sacrifices.
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Their conjurers, who refuse to accept the rules of the real world, can also be great fun to read about.
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This young adult fantasy follows a 16-year-old who discovers a magical attack and realizes this new world of demons and mages has a connection to her mother’s death.
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Wizards, or mages (as the group has commonly referred to Eleven), develop their powers using arcane magic to cast powerful spells.
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After climbing the Azkaban Escape Tower to the top, repel-style, young wizards-in-training, Clark and Emily Friscia, were ready to go home.
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And two other high-flying AI wizards — Anthropic and OpenAI — are working on their own mega offerings.
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For Szabo’s freaky, compact masterpiece is not explicitly about witches.
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Sarah Paulson will return as Cordelia Goode, the Supreme of the New Orleans witches, who was last seen paving the way for the ascent of Billie Lourd's Mallory to replace her.
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“Magicians.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magicians. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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