mag

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noun

mag

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abbreviation

1
magnesium
2
magnetism
3
magneto
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magnitude

Examples of mag in a Sentence

Noun flip through this month's fashion mags to find out what's in style
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Noun
After refusing, the employees dragged the mag out of the aircraft. Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025 Not a shabby blast for a fashion mag right out of the starting gate, but then again, 72 isn’t just any mag. Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025 The rash of lad mags, crowded with bikini babes and bad advice for dudes, actively influenced the lads to be more sexist; studies showed that exposure to fashion magazines in the 1990s seemed to make girls hate themselves. Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2025 The mini mag is set to run 50 pages, with 120 targeted for the quarterly next year. Daniel Kaplan, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mag

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1742, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mag was in 1742

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“Mag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mag. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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