mage

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Recent Examples of mage This May 24, 2021 mage provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows Susan Smith. CBS News, 20 Nov. 2024 Patrons come to experience deeply imagined lore of mages and elves within a movie set-like atmosphere. Eric Webb, Austin American-Statesman, 12 June 2024 Granted, Prophecy is yet another chapter of Hollywood’s infatuation with IP, but it’s also yielded a lavish little soap opera where Emily Watson is a super-powered leader of an all-female finishing school for young intergalactic mages. Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024 The protagonist is an Elda, a race the state church declares is anathema on account of their magical abilities, on a mission to awaken the crown prince by murdering the mage who cast a curse on him years ago. Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for mage
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Noun
  • Lorre and Karloff also play sorcerers, Dr. Adolphus Bedlo and Dr. Scarabus, respectively, while Nicholson is Rexford Bedlo, the son of Lorre’s character.
    Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
  • The movie is about a young man with magical powers who travels to his uncle with the request to fight his sorcerer father.
    Claire Moses, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Because a magic trick in the hands of a good magician — somebody who understands the psychology of how the moment works — can feel miraculous.
    Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Shakespeare’s fantasy drama about a nearly deserted island ruled by a magician is directed by Robert H. Davis with original music by Kathryn Swanson.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Hashing things out with his tech wizard brother-in-law Maury (a shaggy Guy Pearce), Karsh wonders if ecological protesters or religious groups or competitors are upset with his global expansion plans, which include a lava field in Iceland.
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Indeed, Wei advocates the CPA profession for not just math wizards, but anyone who aspires to lead a major corporation, citing a Fortune 500 study that found 38.5 percent of CEOs of the 500 had some kind of accounting background.
    Steel Rose, CPA, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • My hair resembled that of a cartoon witch: thin, brittle, overly straight, and falling out in alarming amounts.
    Liz Krieger, Allure, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The play asks the vital question of when a witch hunt becomes a witch hunt — but also invites us to ponder who gets declared a witch, who are the hunters, and who deserves to be hunted.
    Christian Lewis, Variety, 15 Apr. 2025

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“Mage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mage. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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