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

The series’ celebrated technobabble is just a kind of reformulated abracadabra; human characters get the hang of alien gear faster than you could look up how to reset your car’s clock in the owner’s manual.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 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

Last I heard from Dee was her abracadabra text message last Sunday, and I didn’t answer, because I’m not sure what I’m supposed to do now.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King