magnetize
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To magnetize an iron nail, one simply has to stroke its surface several times with a bar magnet.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 7, 2023
Whether any of their creations transcend gee-whizzery and prove powerful enough to magnetize deeper meanings to it will become clearer with time.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2023
When Ryan mentioned her depression, Baltz said, “You need to magnetize your brain,” an apparent reference to transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment she received at Insight Choices, according to the accusation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2021
In a ferromagnet such as iron, all the atoms act like little magnets and they all point in the same direction to magnetize the entire material.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 30, 2020
“If I rub the needle with the lodestone, I’ll magnetize it. Basically I’ll turn it into a compass needle. If we can get it to float on the water without breaking the surface tension...”
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
"First, we irradiate the alloy with a strong laser pulse, which magnetizes the material," explains Theo Pflug.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 7, 2023
It smells hellish too, like rotting meat on a sweltering day, which magnetizes tons of insects that scatter its spores.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2023
The cartoonish face on a classicized statue jump-starts the statue with an incongruity that magnetizes passers-by.
From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2022
The southernmost state and yet not quite identified with the deep south, a meeting point for Latino influence and a rangy variant of Americana, it’s a strange place that magnetizes strange people.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 28, 2019
Ama creates another Adinkra symbol that magnetizes Lala back to the ship.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
The analysis also indicates that the mini-vortices are highly effective at mixing magnetized and non-magnetized plasma at the solar surface.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
The unit doesn’t have a door but a magnetized accordion-like curtain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
This validation that A.I. gives its user—or rather itself—is another reason students are so magnetized to these programs.
From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2026
When they do not align, the atom is paramagnetic and only weakly magnetized.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 26, 2026
But José Arcadio Buendía at that time did not believe in the honesty of gypsies, so he traded his mule and a pair of goats for the two magnetized ingots.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Friends and family said she was well-liked and had a magnetizing personality.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
“Grief is a magnetizing force from which the book cannot escape.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 17, 2022
But I made the mistake that she did, which I forgot about the magnetizing.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2022
John wasn’t much at coming up with new melodies, but the words were magnetizing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2020
The discovery was a method of magnetizing plastic.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
