metaphysical
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Instead, they appeared in a different online enclave entirely: the New Age movement, which takes a more metaphysical approach to reality.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
“There’s something fun about conflating the physical aches and pains of middle age with the more metaphysical aches and pains of middle age,” says Tropper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
“Solstice,” where he shares writing credits with Patti Smith, possesses the same kind of metaphysical shimmer that’s often intrinsic to a Patti Smith composition.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
What, in Golding, is metaphysical pressure risks becoming, in this context, an exercise in categorization—ironically, as the novels themselves move us in the opposite direction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
It was a difficult position to take; Descartes was certainly mindful of the metaphysical problems of rejecting the vacuum entirely.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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The Lightning Thief
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