as in to fascinate
to attract or delight as if by magic
the store's gorgeous window displays never fail to magnetize shoppers and sightseers
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Recent Examples of magnetize
The warmers are magnetized and stick together for easy storage and come with a pouch and charging cable.
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Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2025
The team has figured out how to magnetize these tiny semiconductor crystals by successfully adding manganese into their structure, something many in the field believed would not work.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Dec. 2025
Still, the three continue to magnetize misfortune, to others as well as themselves.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 12 Nov. 2025
With Mars also in Scorpio, your sensuality is magnetized, but so is your creativity.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 19 Oct. 2025
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Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2025
The team has figured out how to magnetize these tiny semiconductor crystals by successfully adding manganese into their structure, something many in the field believed would not work.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Dec. 2025
Still, the three continue to magnetize misfortune, to others as well as themselves.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 12 Nov. 2025
With Mars also in Scorpio, your sensuality is magnetized, but so is your creativity.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 19 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for magnetize
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She is fascinated by style trends, industry news, shake-ups, and The Real Housewives.—
Alexandra Hildreth,
Vogue,
27 Feb. 2026
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While the game remained popular among the elite its ornate imagery also continued to fascinate artists and intellectuals, laying the groundwork for symbolic interpretations.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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Bond Ng, 47, was arrested on Sunday and charged with enticing a person to travel in interstate commerce to engage in prostitution, federal officials said.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Social media have unique features, especially for users to generate and share content, but apps generally try to entice users to regularly visit and stick around.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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Waugh walks around with a newfound swagger, playing hooky, drinking heavily, even seducing a woman at his local.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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What is the truth, what is the lie, and how photography historically borrows the sense of truth and reality in order to tell lies, in order to seduce people to do things.—
Caterina De Biasio,
Vogue,
23 Feb. 2026
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Meet Luca, the adorable champion who charmed his way to becoming the 2025 Baby of the Year!—
Sydney Cisco,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2026
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Carolyn charms everyone with her effortless teasing and joking around.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2026
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An appellate court on Friday overturned the murder conviction of Antolin Garcia Torres, the man serving life without parole in the 2012 disappearance of 15-year-old Sierra LaMar, a crime that captivated the region in part because her body has never been found.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
28 Feb. 2026
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This week, the reggaeton world has been captivated by an increasingly dramatic saga between some of the genre’s biggest musicians.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
28 Feb. 2026
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Physical contact alleged The suit also alleges Post hugged and kissed the teen at school and later lured the student into her car, where the assaults occurred.—
Giles Hudson,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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The disguise simultaneously repels birds and other larger predators, who have no interest in eating what appears to be excrement, while luring in the spider’s next dinner.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Feb. 2026
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In 1983 Iran’s proxies carried out the Marine barracks bombing in Beirut that killed 241 American military personnel.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Feb. 2026
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Salinas did not specify how many people had been killed in the crash and said the cause was being investigated.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Performances at the Spellbound by Magic Castle experience are guaranteed not only to delight longtime magic fans but also to impress and convert the skeptical.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Feb. 2026
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Magnetize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magnetize. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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