as in mystic
impossible to prove, understand, or explain by either the senses or intelligence
Survivors of near-death experiences sometimes report mystical visions of the afterlife.
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Recent Examples of mystical
The program includes yoga, meditation, Zen archery, sound journeys, traditional Japanese tea ceremonies, multisensory concert saunas and mystical Sufi rituals.
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Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
But not like the almost mystical, magnetic bond between that show’s Tony and Maria.
—Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 9 June 2025
Riders aboard the Premier Sky Rocket coaster will board a sleek, modern sled in an alpine village and travel along closed climbing trails to the mountain’s core where the combination of fire and ice generate a powerful mystical force, according to the ride’s backstory.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 10 July 2025
Rebecca Ferguson also stars as Rose the Hat, the mystical leader of the True Knot cult in Doctor Sleep, while Lind’s Snakebite Andi is a younger member of the nefarious group.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
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Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
But not like the almost mystical, magnetic bond between that show’s Tony and Maria.
—Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 9 June 2025
Riders aboard the Premier Sky Rocket coaster will board a sleek, modern sled in an alpine village and travel along closed climbing trails to the mountain’s core where the combination of fire and ice generate a powerful mystical force, according to the ride’s backstory.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 10 July 2025
Rebecca Ferguson also stars as Rose the Hat, the mystical leader of the True Knot cult in Doctor Sleep, while Lind’s Snakebite Andi is a younger member of the nefarious group.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mystical
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For a woman who devotes herself to God is a mystic, whereas a woman who lusts after a mortal man is a fool.—
Terry Nguyen
July 23,
Literary Hub,
23 July 2025
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The man from Osaka’s right arm is almost mystic, like one of California’s solemn redwoods.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 July 2025
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Earlier this month, a Gallup Poll revealed nearly half of U.S. adults, 48 percent, believe in psychic or spiritual healing.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 July 2025
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The question for the new company is whether the psychic cost is much higher.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
26 July 2025
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With his strange machines and an uncanny, intuitive understanding of muscles, Joseph Pilates created a new technique for improving strength and movement.—
Alma Guillermoprieto,
The New York Review of Books,
31 July 2025
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The uncanny aspects of the film, first seen in a prologue in which a pair of search dogs becomes abnormally obsessed with each other after venturing into the cavern, initially manifest for Millie and Tim as a strange stickiness.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
30 July 2025
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More Miguel Rodriguez/Getty Images What's so mysterious about a team playing well?—
Jon Vankin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 July 2025
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Years after gaining superpowers from being bombarded by cosmic rays in space, the astronauts-turned-superheroes face a new threat when the mysterious Silver Surfer, Shalla-Bal (Julia Garner), heralds the coming of the world-devouring Galactus (Ralph Ineson).—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
26 July 2025
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And extreme pain in my bones [that was] unexplainable.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
20 July 2025
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Strange and unexplainable things happen on the show.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
30 June 2025
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The upcoming second season promises eight episodes of more deadpan humor, soulless glares and even a Lady Gaga cameo, as Wednesday takes on another eerie supernatural mystery at Nevermore Academy.—
Grace Tucker,
The Enquirer,
29 July 2025
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But the film embraces a twist on the classic by introducing a supernatural element — the afterlife.—
Mekishana Pierre Published,
EW.com,
29 July 2025
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“Mystical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mystical. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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