sleight of hand
Example Sentences
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The complaint performs the same sleight of hand with basic cable, claiming that the companies’ combined networks will have market power over distributors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
This sleight of hand directly undermines the intended safeguards in federal law.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 2026
But that narrative is also a sleight of hand.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2025
But, as Kagan exposed, this was a rhetorical sleight of hand.
From Slate ● May 15, 2025
Does a movement cause us to look away from a sleight of hand at just the right second?
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
