abracadabra
Example Sentences
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If retirement funds get to omit the costs of BDCs from their own reported expenses, surely private-equity, venture-capital, hedge funds and other “alternative” vehicles will demand the same abracadabra treatment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
Put a little abracadabra in your stocking with the new special “Masters of Illusion: Christmas Magic 2021.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2021
Two months ago, the state’s highest court nonetheless yelled abracadabra and changed the deadline to Nov. 6, while making postmarks optional.
From Washington Times • Nov. 11, 2020
During one upcoming scene, as the pair displays wand skills with Daniel Radcliffe, Robinson plays to every lens, dashing across the stage and tumbling over the furniture to make the most of every abracadabra.
From Salon • Feb. 8, 2019
It was Dee who invented the word abracadabra.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
