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omniscient

[om-nish-uhnt] / ɒmˈnɪʃ ənt /


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Yet economic policy-makers are neither omniscient nor omnipotent.

From MarketWatch Mar. 11, 2026

Instead of omniscient narrators, they deployed free indirect speech to reveal characters’ innermost thoughts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 30, 2026

The town they grow roots in is ironically named; from the omniscient narrator’s vantage point, New England’s beauty is in stark contrast to the community’s poverty and desperation.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2025

That is the way Moravia writes — except that you, reader, have been granted omniscient privileges to sit on his shoulder and copy all the answers!

From New York Times Feb. 3, 2024

Seriously, I never claimed to be an omniscient narrator exactly, but I really did think I knew the basics of the story I’ve been telling.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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