the paranormal
noun
: strange events, abilities, etc., that cannot be explained by what is known about nature and the world
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In the film, the trap was triggered by a pedal and was one of the tools used by the paranormal investigators to capture various spirits haunting New York.
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Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
Documents were filed Wednesday in Clark County, Nevada, less than a week after Victoria, who married the paranormal investigator in 2022, was arrested on charges of soliciting to commit murder and conspiring to commit murder.
—Brie Stimson, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2025
The plot of 1408 is the simplest thing: John Cusack is a writer who specializes in the paranormal and insists on staying in a hotel room that has driven everyone who has ever stayed in it suicidally insane.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
Even more interestingly, the entire film is shot from the spirit’s perspective, putting a new twist on the paranormal genre.
—Keith Langston, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
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Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
Documents were filed Wednesday in Clark County, Nevada, less than a week after Victoria, who married the paranormal investigator in 2022, was arrested on charges of soliciting to commit murder and conspiring to commit murder.
—Brie Stimson, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2025
The plot of 1408 is the simplest thing: John Cusack is a writer who specializes in the paranormal and insists on staying in a hotel room that has driven everyone who has ever stayed in it suicidally insane.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
Even more interestingly, the entire film is shot from the spirit’s perspective, putting a new twist on the paranormal genre.
—Keith Langston, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the paranormal
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“The paranormal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20paranormal. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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