as in witchcraft
the power to control natural forces through supernatural means
in olden times people suspected of sorcery were often put to death
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Currently untitled, the film is set in the present-day South, watching as a young woman’s reality is turned inside out when a school project unveils a powerful history of magic and sorcery in her family.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024
Endgame sorceries, mob-melting moves, and ground-shaking incantations can be yours in next to no time.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
This was some unsettling prediction sorcery — but, luckily, there was a solution.
—Amelia Edelman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2025
Additionally, the Massachusetts legislature has made efforts over the past four years to clear the names of those accused of demonic sorcery during the Salem Witch Trials, which filled the colony’s courts throughout much of the 1600s.
—Gary Collins, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2025
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024
Endgame sorceries, mob-melting moves, and ground-shaking incantations can be yours in next to no time.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
This was some unsettling prediction sorcery — but, luckily, there was a solution.
—Amelia Edelman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2025
Additionally, the Massachusetts legislature has made efforts over the past four years to clear the names of those accused of demonic sorcery during the Salem Witch Trials, which filled the colony’s courts throughout much of the 1600s.
—Gary Collins, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2025
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“Sorcery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorcery. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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