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Idiom

magic box

Meaning

Television.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“The children sit in front of the magic box all day.”

“My grandfather still calls the television his magic box because he finds the technology so impressive.”

“In the quiet evenings, the family gathered around the magic box, mesmerized by the flickering images that brought the distant world into their living room.”

Examples

simple

“The children sit in front of the magic box all day.”

contextual

“My grandfather still calls the television his magic box because he finds the technology so impressive.”

complex

“In the quiet evenings, the family gathered around the magic box, mesmerized by the flickering images that brought the distant world into their living room.”

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