magic touch
noun
: a special power, influence, or skill that can be seen in the way something is done : an ability to produce good results in an impressive way
He has a magic touch with decorating.
The pie dough needs your magic touch to make it light and flaky.
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That's an impressive magic touch, especially for a picture with such a precarious outlook.
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Caroline Reid, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Famous for critical failures like Street Fighter and Resident Evil, even veteran film-maker Mike Newell failed to give a magic touch to 2010's Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
Yet even Cash’s magic touch couldn’t transform him into a star.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2024
As writers reworked the script and production revamped the effects, one element was missing: Moore's magic touch.
Tell me Moore
Moore grew up at the base of the Rocky Mountains in Breckenridge, Colorado.
—Bryan West, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
This had a magic touch as the cast members ended up with a bumper package of benefits thanks to the UNSA's tireless work.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
The images below celebrate Burton’s magic touch, literally in detail.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2024
How can one mastermind keep creating so many hits, over so many years, without losing his magic touch?
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024
At that time, Spielberg’s magic touch, his innate sense of what an audience desired and how to deliver it, had faltered.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 6 Mar. 2024
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Caroline Reid, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Famous for critical failures like Street Fighter and Resident Evil, even veteran film-maker Mike Newell failed to give a magic touch to 2010's Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
Yet even Cash’s magic touch couldn’t transform him into a star.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2024
As writers reworked the script and production revamped the effects, one element was missing: Moore's magic touch.
Tell me Moore
Moore grew up at the base of the Rocky Mountains in Breckenridge, Colorado.
—Bryan West, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
This had a magic touch as the cast members ended up with a bumper package of benefits thanks to the UNSA's tireless work.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
The images below celebrate Burton’s magic touch, literally in detail.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2024
How can one mastermind keep creating so many hits, over so many years, without losing his magic touch?
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024
At that time, Spielberg’s magic touch, his innate sense of what an audience desired and how to deliver it, had faltered.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 6 Mar. 2024
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“Magic touch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/magic%20touch. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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