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incantation

[in-kan-tey-shuhn] / ˌɪn kænˈteɪ ʃən /


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Moved by the spectacle, Albarn asks the band to repeat the song's final chorus, whispering the lyrics like an incantation.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026

“Monument Eternal” is a talisman, an incantation that shows the author fearless and confident in her challenge to the distorting influence of race in America that James Weldon Johnson identified.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

The amalgamation of memory, historical fact and artifice yield an engrossing incantation.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024

His voice, like a conjurer’s incantation, stirs the embers of rage, mustering both a conviction and devotion that consumes both logic and restraint.

From Salon • Oct. 18, 2024

The recipe is incomplete, since the lamp ought to be inscribed with mysterious characters and there is an incantation to be mumbled.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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