runic
Example Sentences
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Investors and commentators scrutinize the tables and graphs—especially a runic “dot plot” of individual committee members’ guesses about future interest rates—for clues about the Fed’s thinking.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
A runic inscription found in Brooklyn in 1924 nicely sums this up.
From Slate • Nov. 11, 2023
It said it was “among the oldest runic inscriptions ever found” and “the oldest datable runestone in the world.”
From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2023
He remembers one arrangement, a soiled onesie on a chessboard mat splashed with runic handwriting.
From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2023
The stone Pensieve lay in the cabinet where it had always been: Harry heaved it onto the desk and poured Snape’s memories into the wide basin with its runic markings around the edge.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
