sleight of hand
Example Sentences
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A final section uses a sort of metaphysical sleight of hand to blend the two eras, but once again something doesn’t quite connect.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
The most recent sleight of hand is circular financing.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 24, 2025
But, as Kagan exposed, this was a rhetorical sleight of hand.
From Slate • May 15, 2025
Ritter’s novel, which she co-wrote with Lindsay Jamieson, is all clever misdirection and twisty sleight of hand, as identities dissolve and mutate, and the big score is an elusive mirage.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2025
He puts the lighter back in his pocket; he must assume all eyes are trying to watch for any sleight of hand.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
