Example Sentences

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It helps to humanize Paul, who otherwise comes across as a know-it-all who gets to be the best at all of Dune’s various quasi-magic techniques.

From The Verge • Oct. 21, 2021

Many of Pennsylvania’s settlers were escaping European religious persecution and the quasi-magic practices of powwow were accepted in this climate of religious toleration.

From Washington Times • Nov. 1, 2014

As Rust’s story evolves, so does the show, in a way; it’s highly naturalistic at some moments, then shifts into a mode of quasi-magic realism.

From Time • Jan. 20, 2014