sleight of hand
noun phrase
1
a
: a cleverly executed trick or deception
b
: a conjuring trick requiring manual dexterity
2
a
: skill and dexterity in conjuring tricks
b
: adroitness in deception
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The image appears to have been doctored, recruited into Trump’s own semiotic sleight of hand—reducing a person to a body part and then stamping that body part with a sign of evil.
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Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2025
This gave politicians willing to accept the sleight of hand a useful talking point and hid the Blueprint’s true cost.
—Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2025
Maryland’s children deserve an education shaped by their communities and caregivers, not legislative sleight of hand.
—Justin Kuk, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2025
The end credits, in turn, provide little sitcom-esque cutouts highlighting each of these sleights of hand.
—Ryan Swen, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
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Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2025
This gave politicians willing to accept the sleight of hand a useful talking point and hid the Blueprint’s true cost.
—Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2025
Maryland’s children deserve an education shaped by their communities and caregivers, not legislative sleight of hand.
—Justin Kuk, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2025
The end credits, in turn, provide little sitcom-esque cutouts highlighting each of these sleights of hand.
—Ryan Swen, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Sleight of hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleight%20of%20hand. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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