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Recent Examples of parapsychology
The only other major parapsychology unit in the United States was Princeton’s Engineering Anomalies Research Laboratory, or PEAR, which focused on telekinesis and extrasensory perception.
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Saskia Solomon, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Three fired parapsychology professors from Columbia University start a paranormal investigation company, Ghostbusters, after an encounter with a ghost in the New York Public Library.
—Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2024
Wales border, Barker had a sideline in parapsychology.
—Kathryn Hughes, The New York Review of Books, 19 Oct. 2022
Today, a surprising number of colleges and universities offer opportunities to study and even conduct research in parapsychology.
—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2021
Three former parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in Ivan Reitman’s sci-fi comedy classic, written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.
—Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 21 Sep. 2021
Saskia Solomon, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Three fired parapsychology professors from Columbia University start a paranormal investigation company, Ghostbusters, after an encounter with a ghost in the New York Public Library.
—Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2024
Wales border, Barker had a sideline in parapsychology.
—Kathryn Hughes, The New York Review of Books, 19 Oct. 2022
Today, a surprising number of colleges and universities offer opportunities to study and even conduct research in parapsychology.
—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2021
Three former parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in Ivan Reitman’s sci-fi comedy classic, written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.
—Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 21 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parapsychology
Noun
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Through her radical honesty and spiritual clairvoyance, Cassidy invites readers to tune to the frequency of their own inner knowing to tap into the cosmic goodness already within them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 May 2026
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Spiritualism was the popularization of clairvoyance, telepathy and mediums who claimed to communicate with the dead.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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That is one future no amount of foreknowledge or planning can avoid.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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The younger daughter had arrived with foreknowledge of the role her older sister had already claimed.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The wide-ranging records include a letter from a woman claiming that her mental telepathy indicated Earhart was still alive, and another from a man claiming her grave was located in Spain.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
14 Nov. 2025
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Getting in good positions but lacking the necessary telepathy with his new team mates, meaning his usual big end product figures (10 goals and six assists in 25 Bundesliga league appearances last season) aren’t there.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That foresight could not have been more wrong, at least looking at yesterday and today here at Aronimink.—
Alex Kirshner,
New York Times,
16 May 2026
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Bell and Ford earned admiration for their entrepreneurial acumen and foresight.—
Olivier Sylvain,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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“Parapsychology.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parapsychology. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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