magic wand
noun
: a stick that is used to make magic things happen
The magician waved his magic wand and pulled a rabbit out of the hat.
—sometimes used figurativelyThe new law is not a magic wand that will solve all our problems.
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Most Great Wolf Lodge locations feature an enormous indoor waterpark, an outdoor pool, and indoor attractions like duck pin bowling and Magic Quest, an interactive game played with a magic wand.
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Jamie Davis Smith, AFAR Media, 7 Apr. 2025
If that’s good enough for you, then any president can with a magic wand—and without congressional approval—describe any problem as a war and then exert nearly limitless powers.
—Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2025
Never explained is who will waive their magic wand and provide for free the enormously complex achievement that is modern health care.
—Onkar Ghate, Orange County Register, 22 Jan. 2025
Trump did not wave some magic wand to make this happen, but his ascendancy reminded the Right of the precarious nature of unpopular speech.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
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Jamie Davis Smith, AFAR Media, 7 Apr. 2025
If that’s good enough for you, then any president can with a magic wand—and without congressional approval—describe any problem as a war and then exert nearly limitless powers.
—Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2025
Never explained is who will waive their magic wand and provide for free the enormously complex achievement that is modern health care.
—Onkar Ghate, Orange County Register, 22 Jan. 2025
Trump did not wave some magic wand to make this happen, but his ascendancy reminded the Right of the precarious nature of unpopular speech.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Magic wand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/magic%20wand. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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