metaphysical
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As I walked out into the desert sunshine, I tried to reconcile the suffering I’d seen online with aliens performing metaphysical microsurgeries throughout my body.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
There is something almost existential or metaphysical about what happens to them, as if someone hit the reset button on their entire personality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 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
“What is the point of this metaphysical speculation?”
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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