magus
Example Sentences
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And a venom peptide from a cone snail, Conus magus, led to Prialt, a chronic pain drug.
From Scientific American • Aug. 27, 2022
Burgess originally intended to capture Death but when Dream materializes instead, unconscious and helpless, the "magus" decides he'll do just fine.
From Salon • Aug. 6, 2022
A financial magus in Manhattan stipulates in his will that his possessions be sold.
From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2017
Bernard Herrmann joined Welles as house composer, and later followed him to Hollywood, becoming the magus of film music.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 7, 2015
It was a construction she must have once overheard, and she had uttered it in blind faith, like an apprentice mouthing the incantation of a magus.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
