magic wand
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(in fairy tales and fantasy fiction) a short, thin rod used by a fairy, wizard, witch, or the like to channel magical power or perform magical acts.
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a similar rod used by stage magicians in the performance of tricks, to distract the audience's attention or to lend an air of mysterious power.
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anything regarded as a means of channeling power to make difficult or impossible things happen instantaneously.
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a thin rod brandished by a conjuror in peforming magic tricks
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any seemingly magical solution to a difficult problem
there is no magic wand for us to fix it
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I am not Harry Potter, and I don’t have a magic wand, but achieving this vision shouldn’t require magic — just discipline and collaboration.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026
“You have that magic wand — that’s your job,” Correa said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
You can’t wave a magic wand and get it done.
From Salon ● May 1, 2026
The mother of a six-year-old girl who had life-changing eye gene therapy says it is "like someone waved a magic wand and restored her sight in the dark".
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
There’s no need to wave a magic wand over the noun soap and transmute it into an adjective just because of what it’s doing in this phrase.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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