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When all hell breaks loose during her quasi-scientific seance, she recognizes that the problem is beyond her capacities and that the house spells their doom.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025

In some cases, these tests would be carried out in a quasi-scientific mode: The victim might be blindfolded, then touched by several different people in addition to the suspected witch.

From Slate • May 22, 2018

The few quasi-scientific points in Rose’s new piece are patently false.

From The Guardian • Feb. 13, 2017

But that quasi-scientific interest — “hunting the human temperament,” as he says — makes Le Clerc reluctant to capture these men and thereby bring his clandestine observations to an end.

From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2016

The economical importance of rain has led to various quasi-scientific and magical devices for securing it, and to the rise of professional rain makers.

From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris