magnet

noun

ˈmag-nət How to pronounce magnet (audio)
Definition of magnetnext
as in attraction
something that attracts interest the giant theme park is a magnet for tourists to the area

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Recent Examples of magnet The capital is designated to establish a second operating facility in Northern New Jersey, scale domestic magnet manufacturing lines, and accelerate development of the company’s demonstration hardware. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2026 The work, of course, remains unfinished, although the parenthesis’s open-endedness functioned like a magnet for countless later writers, inviting them to graft their versions of how the book should continue. — Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026 Only when the United States retracted those measures and agreed to further talks, in June, did China agree to resume exports of rare earths and magnets. — Gloria Xiong, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for magnet
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attraction
Noun
  • Hopefully all of the drifting is turning the wheels in his brain for ideas for the next great theme park attraction.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Fifteen years after owners switched off the rides for the last time, an eerie and rusted amusement park happily in decay in Seoul's outskirts has become one of the city's coolest attractions.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of attraction

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“Magnet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magnet. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

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