prestidigitation
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His prestidigitations got progressively grander over the years, culminating in his making the Statue of Liberty “disappear” in 1983.
From Washington Times • Jun. 13, 2016
Still, there were prestidigitations beyond even Henning's capacity: he could not hold back the press.
From Time Magazine Archive
One month later Cynthia Cooper exploded the bubble that was WorldCom when she informed its board that the company had covered up $3.8 billion in losses through the prestidigitations of phony bookkeeping.
From Time Magazine Archive
Incredible as it may seem, such gates can, in the proper combinations, perform all the computer's high-speed prestidigitations.
From Time Magazine Archive
With his fingers on the key he executed some mysterious prestidigitations, wrote down some words, and came to the wicket again.
From The Major by Connor, Ralph
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