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metaphysical

[met-uh-fiz-i-kuhl] / ˌmɛt əˈfɪz ɪ kəl /


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Ms. Cannon’s novels often include a metaphysical twist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

As I walked out into the desert sunshine, I tried to reconcile the suffering I’d seen online with aliens performing metaphysical microsurgeries throughout my body.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 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

He was a professor of metaphysical philosophy at the university.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman


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