presto
Example Sentences
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Mound arugula salad on top of a slice of pizza, and presto, you have a stunning, balanced plate.
From Washington Post
That it is a “presto” — extremely quick — is clear.
From New York Times
Then he popped over to the NFC, and presto, Brady has a forlorn franchise in Tampa Bay in the conference championship for the first time in nearly two decades.
From Fox News
He prefers to sprinkle our most intractable and urgent problems with pixie dust and promises that — presto! — they will simply vanish.
From Washington Post
Last week, Norristown music teacher Jemma Malkasian stood in front of her laptop and waved her arms, exhorting her orchestra students to act out “presto,” the musical notation meaning “very quickly.”
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
