conjuring
Britishnoun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012adjective
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But unlike the influencers of today, many seemingly hellbent on conjuring an illusion of authenticity, she refused to be anything but larger-than-life.
From New York Times
Four younger actors will "act as understudies as well as participating in the act of conjuring the memory of this long gone production," the director said.
From BBC
And how to find someone who could help with conjuring the supernatural?
From New York Times
Brown sometimes tries to unify her loosely knit structures with scattered bursts of bright primaries, conjuring de Kooning’s late works.
From Washington Post
The orchestra drew mesmeric circles around her, conjuring a world of glass, as Mutter’s sound irradiated a childlike innocence full of whispered awe.
From New York Times
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