as in sorcery
the power to control natural forces through supernatural means
a movie about wizardry and bizarre creatures
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Recent Examples of wizardry
Best call Offensive coordinator and then interim Coach Bobby Petrino was in his bag of offensive wizardry at many points throughout the season, but one cool play stands out more than others.
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Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 31 Dec. 2025
As the 95-year-old prepares to step down as CEO of conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway at the end of this year, many are hailing his financial wizardry.
—John Blake, CNN Money, 14 Dec. 2025
The melodies are subtly beefier, and the whirlwind flights of technical death-metal wizardry get breathers.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
Silicon Valley and San Francisco still are strong for computers, now with AI wizardry.
—John Seiler, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
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Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 31 Dec. 2025
As the 95-year-old prepares to step down as CEO of conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway at the end of this year, many are hailing his financial wizardry.
—John Blake, CNN Money, 14 Dec. 2025
The melodies are subtly beefier, and the whirlwind flights of technical death-metal wizardry get breathers.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
Silicon Valley and San Francisco still are strong for computers, now with AI wizardry.
—John Seiler, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wizardry
Noun
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Watch On Longing for the colorful tumbling force of fantastic '80s-era sci-fi sword-and-sorcery flicks that dominated multiplexes and mom-and-pop video rental shops in the Reagan years?—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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The sword-and-sorcery title grossed over $68M worldwide, coming to be appreciated as a cult classic, and spawned the sequel Conan the Destroyer (1984).—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
9 Mar. 2026
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Now, though, with the widespread circulation of magic manuals, grimoires, and related compendia—with the recording, on paper, of words, spells, histories, stories—witchcraft has taken an irreversible step into the exoteric realm.—
Kristen Roupenian,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Johnson did, reportedly, resort to witchcraft—a protection spell over the restaurant, and a curse on Aghajanian.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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Use your latent magic to shift your public persona as the moon and Pluto harmonize.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
6 Apr. 2026
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Kish won’t use magic during sermons.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Wizardry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wizardry. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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