incantation

His formula—AI to read life’s grammar, synthesis to write it, authorship of species as the outcome—recurs so often it begins to feel like an incantation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 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 culprit for the incantation was the image of the now emblematic Pale Man from “Pan’s Labyrinth,” flaunting eyes on his palms on the back cover of the DVD.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025

Chef Anne Burrell had a way of turning instruction into incantation.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2025

She turned to face the exit and began to execute a series of elaborate gestures in the air in front of her while whispering the words of some incantation.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

With dialogue about the nature of the divine, processed incantations and titles such as “The Word Becomes Flesh,” Boards of Canada has spiritual matters in mind throughout “Inferno.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

This ritual lasted an entire night and involved burning small figures made of wax and clay while an exorcist recited specific incantations.

From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026

And, in a concession to modernity, as well as holding up feathers in a blessing for the King, the elder was reading his incantations from an iPhone.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2025

Blake combined extremes: rambling incantations about European history alongside short ditties on the soul that any child can enjoy.

From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2023

"And this change, O most learned Prince, has doubtless been brought to pass by the powerful incantations of those wicked persons who now call themselves kings and queens of Narnia."

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis