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Recent Examples of magus For years Johnson, the disheveled political magus, was the golden boy of Britain's Conservative Party. Sam Kiley, CNN, 30 June 2022 But other students are there for Wittgenstein the sage, the magus, the riddler—the man who left Russell bewildered by a turn to mysticism at the end of a book that was supposed to be about logic. Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022 Auden’s father, George Augustus Auden, was a physician and an early reader of Freud; the young poet saw himself also as a healer, though in a rather different mode, less an M.D. than a magus. Alan Jacobs, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022 His face is framed by voluminous graying locks; his loose robes recall those of a medieval magus. Edward Rothstein, WSJ, 21 Mar. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for magus
Noun
  • The tournaments pit heroes such as Cole Young, Sonya Blade, Kano, Jax, Liu Kang and Kung Lao to fight against villains like Mileena, Nitara, Reiko, Kabal, Reptile, Goro and the sorcerer Shang Tsung.
    Giana Levy, Variety, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The sorcerers also reveal that Bruce Banner has become Infinity Hulk, a living vessel for the Infinity Stones.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Yennefer is gathering mages to help get to him from all angles.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
  • In another magical Miami tale, a broke witch who works in a spellshop and an adjunct professor who’s secretly a popular himbo mage team up to win a spellcasting reality show competition — except someone is sabotaging the contestants’ work.
    Lia Amador, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Entertaining performance Performers can run the gamut from cultural dancers celebrating a couple’s heritage to magicians to even a specialized singer.
    Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Karl Lagerfeld made a drawing of me in a crystal ball like a magician in the TV.
    Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Believing that Tesla built Alfred’s Transporter machine, Robert hopes the wizard can build a similar contraption for him.
    Kirk Honeycutt, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Look for an enrollment wizard through notifications and in Settings, Microsoft says.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2025

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