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metaphysical

[met-uh-fiz-i-kuhl] / ˌmɛt əˈfɪz ɪ kəl /


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How strange then to understand this in physical motion, the flight path of my body, but to question it in metaphysical motion, the flight path of my soul.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

If you want to get metaphysical: College football is rife with scandals, but the latest one is particularly surreal.

From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026

“There’s something fun about conflating the physical aches and pains of middle age with the more metaphysical aches and pains of middle age,” says Tropper.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

“Solstice,” where he shares writing credits with Patti Smith, possesses the same kind of metaphysical shimmer that’s often intrinsic to a Patti Smith composition.

From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026

Outdoors was the end of something, an irrevocable, physical fact, defining and complementing our metaphysical condition.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison




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