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necromancy

[nek-ruh-man-see] / ˈnɛk rəˌmæn si /


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Still trying to break the curse, Jet sneaks the family guide to necromancy away from the library where Sally would prefer it remain untouched.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Today, the innovations in digital necromancy are relentless.

From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2026

But there’s a difference between breathing new life into a three-decade-old title and whatever awkward necromancy unnaturally extending the life of “Frasier” achieves without adding fresh layers to its eponymous figure.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2023

On that plot description alone, “Perpetrator” may sound conventional — like “Veronica Mars” but with a touch of necromancy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2023

Mrs. Cobb strode on in front of him, passing a stairway that rose up too steeply, and then a library hoarding shelves of dark volumes—the arts of necromancy, Turner figured.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt


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