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Word: Prestidigitation

Usage: “I.B.M. scientists have received Nobel Prizes, performed molecular prestidigitation and won chess and ‘Jeopardy!’ games with pioneering examples of artificial intelligence.” – Edward Rothstein in his article “Data as Art, as Science, as a Reason for Being” in the New York Times

Definition: Sleight of hand, trickery employed by fingers; in French, legerdemain.