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magnetic

[mag-net-ik] / mægˈnɛt ɪk /


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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

The work, led by Cal Poly Physics Department Lecturer Ian Powell, focused on how varying a magnetic field over time can cause matter to exhibit unusual and previously unseen properties.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

"We call it 'synthetic' because its mathematical description resembles the behavior of a magnetic field, even though physically it isn't there. As a result, light begins to 'bend,' much like electrons moving in cyclotron orbits."

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 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

She’d bewitched England while she was alive, and on canvas she had the same magnetic effect.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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