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
Some people with exceptional eyesight can see objects fainter than mag 6.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 28, 2023
Nolan was like, “I’m going to step out — here, take this,” and put a mag of film in my lap.
From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2023
Or at least, according to US showbiz mag Variety, which claimed he was paid $25m for his final Bond outing in No Time to Die.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2023
Just thought I would tell you I think your mag is the best dime’s worth I ever spent.’”
From "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck
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Individual investors have bought a net $52 million of Microsoft shares in July so far, Vanda’s data show, making it the most popular Mag Seven member.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
“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
“Given the Mag 7 is funding much of the semiconductor demand, this divergence looks unsustainable,” the Ned Davis analysts wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
And while the loud bee hummed in the coil box Adam cranked the Ford and ran to advance the spark and throw the switch to Mag.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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“Nice story about JE in NY mag. You look great on the picture.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
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
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
Willis made another reference to the two sisters in his "Earnest Clay" where he speaks of "two abominable old maids by the names of Buggins and Blidgins, representing the scan. mag. of Florence."
From As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century by Marian Gouverneur
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
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
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
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
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