as in sorcerer
a person skilled in using supernatural forces
an ancient tale of a mage who made lush gardens grow in the desert
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Fighters can use their shield as a stepping stone to boost teammates to higher ground on giant enemies while mages can augment weapons to deal elemental damage.
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Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2024
Yen rejoins her fellow mages, who are determined to vanquish Vilgefortz and make the world safe again for Ciri's return.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 27 July 2023
Meanwhile, Yennefer is now the de-facto leader of the mages, who seem to be forming the famous Lodge of Sorceresses.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 27 July 2023
As for the mages, Ciri’s been hunted for the past two seasons by the fire-wielding Rience, who was working for someone far more powerful.
—Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2023
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Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2024
Yen rejoins her fellow mages, who are determined to vanquish Vilgefortz and make the world safe again for Ciri's return.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 27 July 2023
Meanwhile, Yennefer is now the de-facto leader of the mages, who seem to be forming the famous Lodge of Sorceresses.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 27 July 2023
As for the mages, Ciri’s been hunted for the past two seasons by the fire-wielding Rience, who was working for someone far more powerful.
—Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mage
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When the cohort last signed off, a concerned sorcerer had teleported an outmatched cleric right into a giant crocodile’s mouth.Meghan Herbst, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
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Merlin: Merlin was a key sorcerer in Arthurian Romance.Taylor Grothe, Parents, 9 Oct. 2024
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My 5th grade teacher was an amateur magician who used tricks in class.April Wallace, arkansasonline.com, 20 Oct. 2024
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The film is essentially Friday the 13th set on a train, but famed magician David Copperfield makes a cameo to set the movie apart from other slashers.Steven Thrash, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2024
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At Yew Dell Botanical Gardens, our staff garden wizards have been busy all summer and fall, prepping all the botanical bounty of the growing season to deck the halls for our annual Yuletide at Yew Dell, which takes place Fridays and Saturdays from Nov. 29 to Dec. 21.Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 8 Nov. 2024
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This way, the wizard in focus rotates like the main characters of a television show.Rob Wieland, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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The first part of that is spoken by one of the three witches in Shakespeare’s Macbeth and was later repurposed by Bradbury as the title of his 1962 fantasy novel, Something Wicked This Way Comes.Chris Stanton, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
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Resembling a witch's face, this nebula is a stellar nursery some 1,300 light-years from Earth.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Mage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mage. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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