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incantation

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


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“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

Under Egypt’s steady hand, each zip of a record sounded like an incantation.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

Latvian folk band Tautumeitas took a more ethereal approach with their close-harmony incantation Bur Man Laimi, which literally translates as "a chant for happiness".

From BBC • May 15, 2025

Where there exists a liminal plane, where the difference between incantation and recitation is hazy.

From Salon • Jul. 15, 2023

It is a surprise that we haven’t already learned that the word is a fallible incantation.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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