like magic
idiom
informal
: in a very fast and impressive way
Shapes changed like magic on the computer screen.
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But like magic, the film shape-shifts into something wholly remarkable and unexpected: at once a screwball comedy, a profoundly human drama, and a searing indictment about how the ultra-rich couldn’t care less about the rest of us.
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Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
Then Delilah arrived at the Cove party, and everything felt like magic — until tragically Rick died that same night.
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 28 Feb. 2025
Imagine a perfectly black screen in which each tiny pixel is controlled independently for an image that seems to appear from the void like magic.
—Ryan Waniata, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2025
In this corner of southern Texas, the plump cacti seem to pop out of arid dust and cracked earth, like magic dumplings.
—Deepa Bharath and Jessie Wardarski, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
Then Delilah arrived at the Cove party, and everything felt like magic — until tragically Rick died that same night.
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 28 Feb. 2025
Imagine a perfectly black screen in which each tiny pixel is controlled independently for an image that seems to appear from the void like magic.
—Ryan Waniata, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2025
In this corner of southern Texas, the plump cacti seem to pop out of arid dust and cracked earth, like magic dumplings.
—Deepa Bharath and Jessie Wardarski, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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“Like magic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/like%20magic. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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