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
Hundreds of people showed up for it, lured by the magnet of LaBeouf’s name.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 May 2025
Some of the boldest projects local officials have supported involve industries that tend to be magnets for controversy: a massive landfill, a retail cannabis empire (which never advanced beyond a pitch to investors) and a network of data centers that could be powered by nuclear reactors.
—Ben Paviour, New York Times, 19 May 2025
These gadgets use magnets to adhere to both sides of a window, allowing double-sided cleaning and offering a solution for exterior window cleaning that doesn’t require ladders, ropes, pulleys or scaffolding.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2025
The same place that’s a magnet for the rich could be squeezing out its lower and middle classes.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 May 2025
Some of the boldest projects local officials have supported involve industries that tend to be magnets for controversy: a massive landfill, a retail cannabis empire (which never advanced beyond a pitch to investors) and a network of data centers that could be powered by nuclear reactors.
—Ben Paviour, New York Times, 19 May 2025
These gadgets use magnets to adhere to both sides of a window, allowing double-sided cleaning and offering a solution for exterior window cleaning that doesn’t require ladders, ropes, pulleys or scaffolding.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2025
The same place that’s a magnet for the rich could be squeezing out its lower and middle classes.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for magnet
attraction
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Unlike Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights, this world is more foreboding than scary, but as guests quickly learn from its can’t-miss attraction Monsters Unchained: The Frankenstein Experiment, monsters still shouldn’t be crossed.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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Although some attractions are selling tickets already.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 May 2025
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“Magnet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magnet. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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