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magnetize

[mag-ni-tahyz] / ˈmæg nɪˌtaɪz /


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“I learned to temper my thoughts, embrace gratefulness, give myself grace, pour into myself to be available for others and magnetize the positive into manifested results,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2024

To magnetize an iron nail, one simply has to stroke its surface several times with a bar magnet.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 7, 2023

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

Registering the artifice in Hopper’s limpid art may free us to see a link between hotel rooms and painting itself: Both magnetize desire and a longing to escape.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2019

“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

Her film starts with the teacher, whose patience and charisma draws out the children and magnetizes the viewer.

From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 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

Additional theoretical work on cosmic explosions involving black holes and strongly magnetized neutron stars may also help reveal where ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays are born.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 9, 2026

The unit doesn’t have a door but a magnetized accordion-like curtain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

They brought flair, grit, and feet that seemed magnetized to the ball as they starred for clubs such as Ajax and Barcelona, AC Milan and Juventus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 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

We cram it all into a magnetized tin the size of an index card.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven

If reach is what she’s looking for, Rogan’s invitation would seem to be a magnetizing one.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2024

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

At night, the smell of charred chicken sizzling on an outside spit often wafted through the neighborhood, magnetizing Metro riders as they emerged from underground escalators.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2020

The discovery was a method of magnetizing plastic.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien


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