Thursday, January 16, 2025

Word of the Day: presto

The word presto has appeared in 23 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on April 3 in “Switching From iPhone to Android Is Easy. It’s the Aftermath That Stings” by Brian X. Chen:

I was initially surprised by how simple it was to shift my iPhone data to an Android smartphone made by Google. Just by installing an app on my iPhone that Google made to help people switch, I was able to copy my contacts list, photo album and calendar into my Google account. Then, presto — all that data appeared on the Android.

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