sleight
Example Sentences
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For years, the company pulled off this bizarre sleight of hand—effectively acting as a middleman that buys Bitcoin for you so your stock in the company is worth less than Bitcoin.
From Slate • Feb. 3, 2026
The most recent sleight of hand is circular financing.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 24, 2025
Alex Mitchell provided the speed at the breakdown to manoeuvre the Clermont defence, while Smith's control and sleight of hand behind him enticed his outside runners to carry hard and breach the gain-line.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2025
Ritter’s novel, which she co-wrote with Lindsay Jamieson, is all clever misdirection and twisty sleight of hand, as identities dissolve and mutate, and the big score is an elusive mirage.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2025
He puts the lighter back in his pocket; he must assume all eyes are trying to watch for any sleight of hand.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.