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as in magic
being or appearing to be under a magic spell
the gym was decorated to resemble a magical wonderland for the party
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as in miraculous
being so extraordinary or abnormal as to suggest powers which violate the laws of nature
modern aviation must seem magical to someone who doesn't understand basic aeronautics
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as in mystic
having seemingly supernatural qualities or powers
the child prodigy's musical talent is so spectacular that it seems magical
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Recent Examples of magical
There’s something magical about the mix of pine trees, screen doors, and the flicker of a lantern that instantly transports you to summer’s simplest pleasures.
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Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 July 2025
Bailey plays half-elf ranger Vex, O’Brien is her twin brother Vax, Willingham is the lovable barbarian Grog, Johnson is the holy gnome cleric Pike, Jaffe is the royal gunslinger Percy, Ray is magical half-elf druid Keyleth and Riegel is the raunchy gnome bard Scanlan.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 24 July 2025
The friends' adventures take them deeper into their ever-eccentric community of Table Town, where animals and magical oddballs navigate life, school, relationships, and the quirks of their offbeat and loveable universe.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 24 July 2025
Location: Chianti Sitting near the border of Tuscany and Umbria, this striking stone villa is befitting of a magical Italian getaway.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 14 July 2025
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Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 July 2025
Bailey plays half-elf ranger Vex, O’Brien is her twin brother Vax, Willingham is the lovable barbarian Grog, Johnson is the holy gnome cleric Pike, Jaffe is the royal gunslinger Percy, Ray is magical half-elf druid Keyleth and Riegel is the raunchy gnome bard Scanlan.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 24 July 2025
The friends' adventures take them deeper into their ever-eccentric community of Table Town, where animals and magical oddballs navigate life, school, relationships, and the quirks of their offbeat and loveable universe.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 24 July 2025
Location: Chianti Sitting near the border of Tuscany and Umbria, this striking stone villa is befitting of a magical Italian getaway.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for magical
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The magic number of three — however coincidental and inaccurate — was too much for the internet to resist.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
23 July 2025
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On-time debt payments aren’t a magic fix for your credit score.—
Stephanie Dhue,
CNBC,
23 July 2025
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Osbourne’s public rebirth with The Osbournes—the MTV reality series that ran from 2002 to 2005—transmuted his erratic nature and past struggles into a miraculous joke.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
23 July 2025
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The original statue in Manila was brought to the Philippines in 1606 and faithful around the world have attributed miraculous healing properties to the statue.—
Emilie Takahashi,
Oc Register,
22 July 2025
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For a woman who devotes herself to God is a mystic, whereas a woman who lusts after a mortal man is a fool.—
Terry Nguyen
July 23,
Literary Hub,
23 July 2025
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The man from Osaka’s right arm is almost mystic, like one of California’s solemn redwoods.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 July 2025
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The charming scenery of the French countryside that had so enchanted White and Saint-Gaudens tested Wells’s purism.—
Henry Wiencek
July 22,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
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Among the most prestigious addresses in all of Rome, Hotel de Russie is made for those enchanted by old world glamour.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
16 July 2025
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Libidinal hip-hop has vanished from the charts, now the province of artists who narrate their mental health struggles rather than their superhuman urges or tastes.—
Armin Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
25 July 2025
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Mister Terrific technically possesses no true superhuman powers other than being extraordinarily smart.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
9 July 2025
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Nick Dunlap has led a charmed young career to date.—
Justin Ray,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Kieran Culkin and Bill Burr, co-stars in a new Broadway production of Glengarry Glen Ross, looked particularly charmed.—
Esther Zuckerman,
The Atlantic,
6 Apr. 2025
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With his strange machines and an uncanny, intuitive understanding of muscles, Joseph Pilates created a new technique for improving strength and movement.—
Alma Guillermoprieto,
The New York Review of Books,
31 July 2025
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The uncanny aspects of the film, first seen in a prologue in which a pair of search dogs becomes abnormally obsessed with each other after venturing into the cavern, initially manifest for Millie and Tim as a strange stickiness.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
30 July 2025
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There’s a certain romanticism that lies at the heart of these remarkable gins, something conjured, perhaps, by that dramatic meeting of land and sea.—
Camille Berry,
Vogue,
15 July 2025
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Google stock has already achieved remarkable gains, growing 2x from $88 levels in early 2023 to approximately $180 at present.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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“Magical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magical. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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