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reincarnation

[ree-in-kahr-ney-shuhn] / ˌri ɪn kɑrˈneɪ ʃən /
NOUN
rebirth
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Tibetans, whose Buddhist beliefs allow for infinite reincarnation, reject notions Lobga simply died by suicide.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

This is because the book treats reincarnation not as an ambiguous phenomenon but an empirical fact.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

President Bill Clinton’s key political adviser, James Carville, once said that if he did believe in reincarnation he wouldn’t come back as a world or religious leader, or even a great Major League Baseball player.

From Barron's May 20, 2026

One regards The Character as the same person in each act, and through changes that occur within each act — identity, death and reincarnation are at the heart of the show.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 19, 2025

You see, I have this theory about how I was a high priestess once, in an earlier reincarnation.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Tom Baker, Sylvester McCoy and William Hartnell are among the stars who portrayed reincarnations of the Doctor in the original series of the show, which was cancelled in 1989.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Sometime soon we’ll see him as the man a woman falls in love with over and over again through various reincarnations in an indie called “Timestalker.”

From Salon May 11, 2024

She says many features of ongoing climate change are reincarnations of the past warm climates.

From Science Daily Oct. 10, 2023

The men, called the Weird Brethren, complete with a rock ’n’ roll soundtrack, are of course reincarnations of Shakespeare’s witches from “Macbeth.”

From Seattle Times Jul. 30, 2021

“It’s the sisterhood Mom’s always talking about. Five women who are reincarnations of legendary queens from the ancient stories. These days their job is to raise and protect us.”

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi




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