mag
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a magpie.
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talk; chatter.
verb (used without object)
noun
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magazine.
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magnetism.
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magneto.
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magnitude.
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(in prescriptions) large.
verb
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magazine
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magnitude
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Etymology
Origin of mag1
Shortened form
Origin of mag2
Shortened form of magpie
Origin of mag.4
From the Latin word magnus
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Whether or not you care about infidelity and hosts’ personal lives, listeners to Huberman’s podcast should not sweep aside the contents of the New York mag story as mere gossip.
From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2024
Not just Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer in this month's glossy mag, or news that "discreet chic" is back and flamboyant "statement gowns" are out!
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2024
“I don’t want to die,” the People cover star said in this week’s issue, telling the mag that she’s hoping to inspire others by focusing on her future.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
Maybe you’re one of the lucky few who can see mag 7 stars.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 28, 2023
When it’s my turn to talk about my day, I share lit mag news.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
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Outside of Nvidia and Apple, capital returns aren’t large at any of the Mag Seven stocks.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
“In our view, the Mag 7 is dead as a construct for assessing large-cap growth dynamics, and it has been for some time,” say strategists at Citi, led by Scott Chronert.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
“The Mag Seven for years were the market darlings,” said Bret Kenwell, U.S. investment analyst at eToro.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
“When you were looking for growth, you wanted to be in the Mag Seven,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Mrs. Chavez loaned her the striped shirt that had had the buttons torn off at Lake Mag.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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“Nice story about JE in NY mag. You look great on the picture.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
Enemata, composed of mag. sulphas and warm water, were frequently thrown into the intestines; as soon as one came away another was thrown up.
From The Dog by William Youatt
Dear Editor: In the short time your mag. has been out, it has already established itself as the best in the field.
From Astounding Stories, July, 1931 by Various
I can take off the mag. and see if anything's wrong there; but I'm pretty sure there ain't.
From Cabin Fever by B. M. Bower
Did I ask you to send me my books and papers, and all the bound volumes of the mag.? quorum pars.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) by Andrew Lang
Beef Tea She never magged; she never said no word; But sat an' looked at me an' never stirred.
From The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke by C. J. (Clarence James) Dennis
Worn, fretted, and stretched rope, as a magged brace.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
But I'm bound the members as silenced us, in doing it had plenty of magging.
From The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Thomas Hood
And I suppose I'd been magging so hard all yesterday about myself that I hadn't given the girl a chance to put her life history across me!
From The Disturbing Charm by Berta Ruck
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