sleight
skill; dexterity.
an artifice; stratagem.
cunning; craft.
Origin of sleight
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How to use sleight in a sentence
The intended effect of this sleight of hand was to make these topics seem related, when of course they are not, Drennen said.
Tucker Carlson repeats anti-LGBTQ lies, denying link between Club Q shooting and hateful rhetoric | Christopher Kane | November 23, 2022 | Washington BladeBecause if all the tricky problems could be transformed with such algorithmic sleight of hand, the consequences for society—for humanity and our planet—would be enormous.
The Download: cancer-detecting blood tests, and crypto’s big Merge | Rhiannon Williams | September 13, 2022 | MIT Technology ReviewThere’s been no greater act of magic in technology than the sleight of hand performed by Moore’s Law.
Moore’s Law: Scientists Just Made a Graphene Transistor Gate the Width of an Atom | Jason Dorrier | March 13, 2022 | Singularity HubCenturies have gone into the making of these rules and assumptions — and a bit of sleight of hand, as well.
Why the tailored suit — not ruffles and lace — became synonymous with power | Robin Givhan | May 21, 2021 | Washington PostBrate studies the way Kelce moves, the subtle steps and sleights he uses to come open with staggering frequency, even when the defense knows his quarterback will probably target him.
Travis Kelce is the best tight end in football. Just ask any NFL player. | Adam Kilgore | February 4, 2021 | Washington Post
Like any good suspense novelist, Shields is a master of evasion and sleight-of-hand.
To posit that the war brings us closer to faith is a sleight of hand that makes fools of us all.
He does the heavy lifting, and she passes it off with a sleight of hand.
Catching Fire perpetuates an ideological vision that, today, is a sleight-of-hand.
This option creates bad optics as well, because it looks like the old pork-barrel log rolling and legislative sleight-of-hand.
To Be or Not To Be…A Loser: Boehner’s Hamlet Moment | Joe McLean | October 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe old sleight-of-hand expert had stolen it, sure, and slipped it under his robe.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)Just think: after five years of desertion, and trouble without end, and it all put right by a little sleight-of-hand.
You Never Know Your Luck, Complete | Gilbert ParkerThey were also adepts in tricks of sleight of hand, and had no mean acquaintance with what is called natural magic.
The Myths of the New World | Daniel G. BrintonThis can be accomplished in several ways, either mechanically or purely by sleight of hand.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | VariousHe shot out his hand and produced his watch with the celerity of a sleight-of-hand performer.
The Winning Clue | James Hay, Jr.
British Dictionary definitions for sleight
/ (slaɪt) /
Origin of sleight
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