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Recent Examples of magus While the snail that had given rise to Ziconotide, Conus magus, was easy to collect in shallow water, Ramiro had her sights set on a lineage of cone snails that preferred deeper, darker depths. Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2022 But, for the Arensberg chronicle, the cardinal point is their friendship—the French magus and the gamier avatar of Henry James’s Daisy Miller. Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022 And a venom peptide from a cone snail, Conus magus, led to Prialt, a chronic pain drug. Stephanie Stone, Scientific American, 23 July 2022 For years Johnson, the disheveled political magus, was the golden boy of Britain's Conservative Party. Sam Kiley, CNN, 30 June 2022 But other students are there for Wittgenstein the sage, the magus, the riddler—the man who left Russell bewildered by a turn to mysticism at the end of a book that was supposed to be about logic. Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022 Auden’s father, George Augustus Auden, was a physician and an early reader of Freud; the young poet saw himself also as a healer, though in a rather different mode, less an M.D. than a magus. Alan Jacobs, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022 Now, some 250 years later, debates about the glories and failings of the Enlightenment continue, as if the painting’s magus were still awaiting our response. —Mr. Rothstein is the Journal’s Critic at Large. Edward Rothstein, WSJ, 21 Mar. 2022 His face is framed by voluminous graying locks; his loose robes recall those of a medieval magus. Edward Rothstein, WSJ, 21 Mar. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for magus
Noun
  • May 21, 2025 Jujutsu Kaisen is one of the most popular anime, and the top-selling Manga in the world about Yuji Itadori, a high school student who joins a secret group of sorcerers that fight spirits.
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2025
  • Alys Tanner has been condemned as a witch in 18th century New England and escapes to captain an all-female crew of sorcerers.
    Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • Try, try again Speaking of classes, the eight options here tend to fall into the usual archetypes for this kind of action-adventure game: the tank, the mage, the defensive specialist, the dextrous dodger, etc.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 28 May 2025
  • When supernatural events threaten the town of Owl’s Hollow, Charlie, the owner of the local spell shop, and Fitz, a mage business mogul, must put their rivalry aside to save the magical enclave.
    Ashley Poston, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • Thank you for your exceedingly gracious evocation of my magician’s silks while brandishing your own.
    John Updike, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
  • The way the number two seed twiddles with his racket with a magician’s sleight of hand is mesmerizing.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • Could these wizards find a way to dump Zeke Nnaji’s contract, too?
    Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 3 July 2025
  • The wizard will check whether your PC meets the requirements which are not, of course, the same as those needed to upgrade to Windows 11.
    David Phelan, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025

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“Magus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magus. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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