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Cage doesn’t get a toe in the tide before he’s given the heave-ho by a pretentious group of quasi-spiritual surfers called the Bay Boys.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025

He’s the central figure of every Dreamforce conference—the garrulous MC, spouting quasi-spiritual platitudes and encouraging people to meditate with the in-house monks.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2021

These podcasters lead one of the largest quasi-spiritual self-help “denominations” in the United States.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2018

Viewed in this quasi-spiritual way, the winemaker’s job is to grow healthy grapes, tend to the fermentation, and intervene as little as possible.

From The Guardian • May 15, 2018

Anaximenes seems to have inclined to a view of cosmic evolution as throughout involving a quasi-spiritual factor.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various