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presto

[pres-toh] / ˈprɛs toʊ /


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Something that stopped being effective suddenly emerges recharged and presto!

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

A legal success, and presto, it’s alive again.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2024

Then, presto — all that data appeared on the Android.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2024

A blob that learns to walk could share genes with a squiggle that swims, and presto, you’d have a walking blob-squiggle.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2023

I’d have to find a way to tell Katie about Connie’s committee and the presentation and, presto, she’d probably volunteer to help me out with that, too.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen




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