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sleight

noun as in trick

noun as in ability

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The most recent sleight of hand is circular financing.

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For most of the history of the medium, magicians have entertained audiences through a variety of means, most notably tricks, effects, sleights of hand or illusions of seemingly impossible feats.

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The dialogue is naturally digressive, sliding in just as much exposition as needed with a magician’s sleight of hand.

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But that narrative is also a sleight of hand.

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However, it said approving projects like Rosebank would be a "political sleight of hand" that would benefit oil companies.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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