magnetic
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Mr. Lanchester is a magnetic writer who combines the skills of a social realist with this penchant for Nabokovian black humor and narrative trickery.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
If a player is especially tough and violent on the field, the Chargers will affix a magnetic hammer sticker next to his name on the draft board.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026
The physics of nuclear magnetic resonance had been a laboratory tool since the 1940s, but it took Raymond Damadian’s 1977 breakthrough to produce the first human scan.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
The discovery highlights how complex and surprising magnetic systems can be.
From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026
“That’s the point. According to Grumman, the earth’s magnetic field changed dramatically at various times in the past, and the earth’s axis actually moved, too, so that temperate areas became ice-bound.”
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing magnetic
Waves and Wave Properties - Introductory
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Waves and Wave Properties - Middle School
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Electricity and Magnetism - Introductory
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