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sleights

  • plural
    of sleight.
    sleight
    noun
    skill; dexterity.

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That’s what Thompson is offering on “Never Be the Same”: no magic tricks or sleights of hand, but songs that listeners will feel and live.

From Salon May 15, 2026

The trade agreement might not be such good news, however, as upcoming tech results will be watched for any signs of accounting sleights of hand, Swissquote analyst Ipek Ozkardeskaya says.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 16, 2026

For years, he’s kept vampiric hours in his Upper East Side apartment, spending all night practicing sleights and polishing routines.

From New York Times Oct. 20, 2022

The building also bears some of the visual sleights of hand borrowed from the industry that helped build it.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 12, 2022

I watched as he demonstrated tricks and sleights of hand he learned from Yorick, but I never dared to speak to him.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

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