as in eclectic
consisting of many things of different sorts
a pack rat whose cramped apartment is filled with a magpie collection of books, old newspapers, and tchotchkes
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as in chatterer
a person who talks constantly
media magpies will no doubt seize upon the president's latest gaffe and blow it all out of proportion
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Recent Examples of magpie
Carl Swanson, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2024
The language and structure of King’s sermons, tapping into this magpie tradition of oral performance, had many sources.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
IEEE Spectrum, 2 Dec. 2024
Just take Bailey’s experience with the common UK superstition of saluting magpies for good luck.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 2 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
The aloof downtown intellectual, named Luc by her Belgian parents, is a poetic essayist with a magpie mind and a talent for archive spelunking.
—Carl Swanson, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2024
The language and structure of King’s sermons, tapping into this magpie tradition of oral performance, had many sources.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Noun
And a curtain would rise to reveal the soulful magpies, the Warblettes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Dec. 2024
Just take Bailey’s experience with the common UK superstition of saluting magpies for good luck.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 2 Oct. 2024
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Now celebrating its 36th anniversary, this international festival from Jan. 2 to 12 is known and loved for its eclectic lineup of movies, stellar access to megawatt stars and for showcasing food focused films in a series of fun feasts called Dinner and a Movie.Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Strewn against the bar's chic themes are festive garlands, wreaths and bows, providing the perfect eclectic backdrop.Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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The combination of light-as-air whipped topping, assorted fruits, marshmallows, and chocolate make this, well, heavenly.Patricia S York, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2024
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Cards with holiday greetings hang in a prominent position above a table of sweets that included this year candied pecans, cookies, assorted fruit, nutty breads and a temptingly iced cake.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Dec. 2024
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There would be, for her, no thrilling thunk of a landing jay, no chickadee wings fanning her ears.Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
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Two plush-crested jay chicks can now be seen at the aviary at the Milwaukee County Zoo.Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
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But the amount of verification varied from unit to unit, according to at least eight officers.Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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While there are plenty of no-name carbon copy trainers and NPCs scattered throughout Pokémon, the characters that are part of the story tend to be wildly varied, with no two major characters being all that alike.Oliver Brandt, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Magpie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magpie. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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