prestidigitation
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Still, the biggest act of prestidigitation is yet to come, and actually occurs after Pence provides his proof texts.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2023
You could argue that this is all prestidigitation, the conjuring of money from nothing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2021
As in Mr. Tiffany’s “Harry Potter” production, such effects are achieved through purely theatrical means of prestidigitation, with an often bare stage mottled into multidimensionality by Paule Constable’s lighting.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2018
Like the similar reanimation of the young Kurt Russell in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” it’s an impressive bit of CGI prestidigitation.
From Washington Post ● May 25, 2017
In fact, on replacing the poignard by one of the gold needles used by physicians for acupuncture, it would be possible to dispense with prestidigitation.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891 by Various
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