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Examples of magnetize in a Sentence
Her performance magnetized the audience.
the store's gorgeous window displays never fail to magnetize shoppers and sightseers
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That means it can be magnetized and then attracted or repelled by other magnetic materials (iron, for example, is ferromagnetic).
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Justine Calma, The Verge, 10 Aug. 2023
This self-love energy will magnetize more cosmic matches in your life, not only romantically but also in terms of friendship.
—Dossé-Via, refinery29.com, 29 May 2023
There is one recurring issue issue with all of these claims, the claim that the Covid-19 vaccine is implanting a microchip so that magnets can stick to your arm, the claim that the Covid-19 vaccine can magnetize you, and the claim that the Covid-19 vaccine is somehow connected to 5G.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 10 June 2021
Last year the duo toured with Nine Inch Nails, a very august legacy act, and the NIN faithful were largely magnetized.
—M.t. Richards, Chicago Tribune, 18 Apr. 2023
At the same time, other possible sources of the magnetization have been ruled out: Allende and its fellows were not magnetized by a field produced in the sun, or by the dusty disk itself, or by transient plumes around impacts.
—Linda T. Elkins-Tanton, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2016
Early iron compass needles were magnetized by lodestone or magnetite minerals pulled from Earth.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 29 Mar. 2023
When the tip cools below its Curie point, it is magnetized by virtue of the field from the nearby movable magnet, which is then drawn to it, closing the switch and reapplying power.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Oct. 2017
These objects become permanently magnetized, through a process called hysteresis.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 29 Mar. 2023
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Justine Calma, The Verge, 10 Aug. 2023
This self-love energy will magnetize more cosmic matches in your life, not only romantically but also in terms of friendship.
—Dossé-Via, refinery29.com, 29 May 2023
There is one recurring issue issue with all of these claims, the claim that the Covid-19 vaccine is implanting a microchip so that magnets can stick to your arm, the claim that the Covid-19 vaccine can magnetize you, and the claim that the Covid-19 vaccine is somehow connected to 5G.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 10 June 2021
Last year the duo toured with Nine Inch Nails, a very august legacy act, and the NIN faithful were largely magnetized.
—M.t. Richards, Chicago Tribune, 18 Apr. 2023
At the same time, other possible sources of the magnetization have been ruled out: Allende and its fellows were not magnetized by a field produced in the sun, or by the dusty disk itself, or by transient plumes around impacts.
—Linda T. Elkins-Tanton, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2016
Early iron compass needles were magnetized by lodestone or magnetite minerals pulled from Earth.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 29 Mar. 2023
When the tip cools below its Curie point, it is magnetized by virtue of the field from the nearby movable magnet, which is then drawn to it, closing the switch and reapplying power.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Oct. 2017
These objects become permanently magnetized, through a process called hysteresis.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 29 Mar. 2023
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First Known Use
1792, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Magnetize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/magnetize. Accessed 23 Sep. 2023.
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Kids Definition
magnetize
verb
mag·ne·tize
ˈmag-nə-ˌtīz 
magnetized; magnetizing
1
: to cause to be magnetic
2
: to attract like a magnet : charm
magnetization
noun
ˌmag-nət-ə-ˈzā-shən
Medical Definition
magnetize
transitive verb
mag·ne·tize
variants
also British magnetise
magnetized also British magnetised; magnetizing also British magnetising
: to induce magnetic properties in
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