as in fascinated
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 magnetized
With Mars also in Scorpio, your sensuality is magnetized, but so is your creativity.
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Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 19 Oct. 2025
New viewers have been magnetized into the WNBA’s expanding orbit this year, for a rather wide range of reasons.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
If all the spins point up, the material is magnetized.
—Peter McMahon, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Nov. 2018
Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 19 Oct. 2025
New viewers have been magnetized into the WNBA’s expanding orbit this year, for a rather wide range of reasons.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
If all the spins point up, the material is magnetized.
—Peter McMahon, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Nov. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for magnetized
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Elizabeth is fascinated by insects and science.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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But Cowley was American in a crucial way, wearing many hats in his long career, fascinated by the country’s parts, and always seeking to understand the forces that kept it whole and the writers who shared that curiosity.—
Michael Gorra,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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And to those of you who are new, I'm enchanted to meet you.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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Like millions of viewers, Rashad Raisani grew enchanted with Music City through watching the soapy nighttime drama Nashville, which captivated fans during its 2012-2018 run and led to a major tourism boom in Nashville and interest in country music.—
Melinda Newman,
Billboard,
16 Oct. 2025
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Africa’s leading banking groups are targeting DR Congo, enticed by one of the continent’s fastest-growing economies and the promise of a lucrative mining sector, despite the ongoing conflict in the country’s east.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Miami should have purged the roster even more, shipping off starters for draft picks, but apparently none of the bids enticed Ross and his minions, who are the individuals really calling the shots now.—
Omar Kelly
November 4,
Miami Herald,
4 Nov. 2025
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He's even charmed Elordi himself.—
Rachel DeSantis,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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There’s a reason Fiyero charmed both Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and Galinda (Ariana Grande), after all!—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Nov. 2025
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Choudhary, a collector of contemporary art as well as Indian artifacts, considered a career in hospitality before he was seduced by the gems his family has traded for centuries.—
Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
9 Nov. 2025
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Farrell plays John, the ambitious and chatty servant who is seduced by the mistress of the house (Jessica Chastain), as a nervous bundle of energy who becomes more agonized and frantic over the course of the film.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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Visitors are instantly captivated by Tbilisi’s ancient churches, winding cobblestone streets, and vibrant balconies that paint the city in color and history.—
Essence,
Essence,
7 Nov. 2025
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What started as a routine visit to his mom’s house in Vossburg on Monday is now the latest chapter in the not-so-tall tale that captivated much of the state, after a transport of research primates overturned in Jasper County just before Halloween.—
Bracey Harris,
NBC news,
5 Nov. 2025
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Snoop, who delighted audiences with his dispatches from the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, will be back on his ring game next month as a roving correspondent for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
6 Nov. 2025
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Nancy Bernstorff and Terri Lopez, both from Ramona, said they were delighted by Truett’s artwork.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Tommaso di Lampedusa’s novel, which looks at the unification of Italy from the perspective of a 20th-century writer, had a modernity that interested me.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
9 Oct. 2025
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Since his death more than two hundred years ago, Christophe’s tragic story has interested a broad array of playwrights, artists, novelists, and filmmakers across the world.—
Marlene L. Daut
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Magnetized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magnetized. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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