stage magician

collocation in English

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stage
noun[C]
uk
/steɪdʒ/us
/steɪdʒ/
a part of an activity or a period ...
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magician
noun[C]
uk
/məˈdʒɪʃ.ən/us
/məˈdʒɪʃ.ən/
a person who has magic powers in stories, or who performs tricks ...
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(Definition ofstageandmagicianfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A professional who performs such illusions is called astagemagicianor an illusionist.
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Zatanna is a skilled illusionist, showgirl andstagemagicianeven without resorting to her innate magical powers.
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Mannix was also a skilledstagemagician, magic historian, and collector of illusions and apparatus.
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He was originally depicted as astagemagicianwith megalomaniacal desires, capable of convincing others through hypnosis that he has amazing powers.
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He is astagemagicianwho also practices actual magic.
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He was astagemagicianbefore travelling the world and discovering the secret of true magic.
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They are a novelist who struggles to write her follow-up book, a formerstagemagicianand an older brother of a college basketball star.
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The wizard is astagemagicianpretending to be a genuine wizard.
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Herrmann discarded the trappings of thestagemagician, preferring to use pure sleight of hand and refine misdirection.
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Cole has toured internationally as astagemagicianand has appeared on network television to perform.
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He was astagemagician, dressed like a swami complete with turban, to disguise the fact that he wielded true mystical powers, passing off such feats as illusions.
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Ernst began his working life as astagemagician, but he aimed for a career in art.
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During the 19th and 20th centuries, many stage magicians even capitalized on this notion in their advertisements.
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Stage magicians and gamblers, with practice, are able to greatly increase this bias, whilst still making throws which are visually indistinguishable from normal throws.
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The two men are mutually antagonistic for many years afterward as they rise to become world-renowned stage magicians.
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Stage magicians note several methods of creating the illusion of a spoon spontaneously bending.
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It is a competition between stage magicians in which the winner is decided by viewer vote.
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Doing so associates mentalism too closely with the theatrical trickery employed by stage magicians.
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What magic she can do successfully is the sleight of hand sort used by stage magicians.
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Magic would play an important part of the series, but it would be in the form of tricks and sleight-of-hand used by stage magicians to deceive their audiences.
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