magnet
Example Sentences
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China has begun choking off exports of rare earths and rare-earth magnets to Japan, a potential blow to Japanese companies that use them to produce components for global chip makers, car companies and defense firms.
California is still a magnet for the ambitious entrepreneur, and the drafters of the initiative have tried to preserve its allure.
From Los Angeles Times
Otherwise, the system of conveyors, magnets, optical sorters and pneumatic blocks runs largely unmanned.
The magnets are extremely powerful, Mumgaard said, the kind that could “lift an aircraft carrier.”
With its lush landscape, distinctive "dragon blood" trees, unique animals and turquoise waters, Yemen's Socotra archipelago has been a magnet for adventurous travellers for years.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
