prestidigitation
Example Sentences
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I can see giddy children dazzling parents with this bit of classic prestidigitation.
From Washington Times
He made that putt—and had done the kind of stroke-saving prestidigitation—a precise iron shot followed by a precise putt—that helped him win the Masters and U.S.
From Golf Digest
If cooking involves a mastery of prestidigitation — for which Mauro has the hands, “a worker’s hands and an artist’s hands” — it also requires the adoption of a new vocabulary, “a foreign tongue.”
From New York Times
In one sublime feat of cinematic prestidigitation, Bi forges new possibilities by which movies can defy the constraints of logic and represent the unrepresentable.
From Los Angeles Times
Crucially, monetary policy oriented around individuals should be easier to understand than the customary prestidigitation.
From Economist
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
