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magisterial

[maj-uh-steer-ee-uhl] / ˌmædʒ əˈstɪər i əl /




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A magisterial inquiry has been ordered to establish what happened and fix responsibility.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

She immediately comes off as a magisterial diagnostician and adept leader with bold plans to modernize the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital’s emergency care experience.

From Salon • Jan. 8, 2026

I was hooked by the magisterial piano and sax solos of the epic “Jungleland,” set in a romanticized New York City—instantly my first favorite Bruce song.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

“Sunday,” the culminating hymn of “Sunday in the Park With George,” closes Act 1 to magisterial effect.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2025

The Olmec, he thought, were the Romans of Mesoamerica, a magisterial society that “established the pattern which, through the centuries, was to be followed by other expansionist Mesoamerican cultures.”

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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