paranormal
adjective
para·nor·mal
ˌper-ə-ˈnȯr-məl 
ˌpa-rə-;
ˈper-ə-ˌnȯr-,
ˈpa-rə-
: not scientifically explainable : supernatural
paranormal
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Examples of paranormal in a Sentence
there are rumors that the old deserted mansion is the site of paranormal activity
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Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2024
Minka Kelly is experiencing creepy paranormal events in her latest movie.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024
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paranormal
adjective
para·nor·mal
ˌpar-ə-ˈnȯr-məl
: not understandable in terms of known scientific laws and phenomena
experiments in paranormal cognition of drawings—Psychological Abstracts
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