mag

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noun

ˈmag How to pronounce mag (audio)
Synonyms of magnext
: magazine

mag

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abbreviation

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magnesium
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magnetism
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magneto
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magnitude

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Noun flip through this month's fashion mags to find out what's in style
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Sources at the mag said he’d been obsessively focused on the event since his first day on the job. — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026 Not a shabby blast for a fashion mag right out of the starting gate, but then again, 72 isn’t just any mag. — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025 After refusing, the employees dragged the mag out of the aircraft. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025 There was a time when plastic surgery was something that was only talked about behind closed doors — or speculated about in the pages of gossip mags. — Louis Peitzman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for mag

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First Known Use

Noun

1742, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of mag was in 1742

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“Mag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mag. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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