as in charismatic
having an often mysterious or magical power to attract
a cult leader who attracted followers with his magnetic gaze
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Recent Examples of magnetic
Unlike regular matter, which is made up of particles, antimatter is made up of antiparticles, which are similar in mass to typical particles but have opposing electrical charges and magnetic properties.
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Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 25 Mar. 2026
For decades, Chevrolet’s halo car has been the Corvette, which showcases innovations like dual-clutch transmission and magnetic selective-ride control, a feature that reads the road and adjusts shock absorbers.
—Jon McNeill, Big Think, 25 Mar. 2026
This device is capable of holding antiprotons in a near-perfect vacuum using magnetic and electric fields.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 25 Mar. 2026
Impact-ready bit set with magnetic sleeve and clear storage case.
—Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 25 Mar. 2026
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Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 25 Mar. 2026
For decades, Chevrolet’s halo car has been the Corvette, which showcases innovations like dual-clutch transmission and magnetic selective-ride control, a feature that reads the road and adjusts shock absorbers.
—Jon McNeill, Big Think, 25 Mar. 2026
This device is capable of holding antiprotons in a near-perfect vacuum using magnetic and electric fields.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 25 Mar. 2026
Impact-ready bit set with magnetic sleeve and clear storage case.
—Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for magnetic
Adjective
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My mother had found a new, more revolutionary role model to follow—Fred Hampton, the charismatic twenty-one-year-old chairman of the Chicago Black Panthers.—
Zayd Ayers Dohrn,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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After years of victories in the name of campesinos, the group and its charismatic leaders seem ready for what’s next.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Individual plants live for 300 years with attractive, but sterile, red flower spikes.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
21 Mar. 2026
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Both have other attractive abilities.—
Joseph Hoyt,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Families seeking the convenience of a true third-row SUV will find the TX particularly appealing.—
Sponsored Content,
Denver Post,
21 Mar. 2026
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Sir Edmond Halley’s, a long-standing British-style joint that serves food and drinks seven days a week in Charlotte, is everything that makes pub culture so appealing.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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My experience Sorce is nestled off of East Seventh Street in an unassuming, yet undeniably charming building.—
Samantha Husted,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Mar. 2026
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And best of all, in my opinion, the old Writers Bar, which was barely a bar at all and hardly worth writing about, has been shifted to the front of the main building, greatly expanded and transformed into one of the most charming bars in a city that is full of charming bars.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Mar. 2026
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There was also seductive tenderness in the work’s bluesy episodes.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas Morning News,
22 Mar. 2026
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The airy melted Hokkaido potato dish with chawanmushi, lightly pickled spring onion, and Cristal caviar was seductive and unexpected.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Magnetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magnetic. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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