"spell casting" meaning in English

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          "text": "Some magical powers remain in the dusty dung of the bat. You can scoop up enough for two dice worth of spell castings.",
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          "text": "Hewat’s rendering of the sensibility of spell casting is as straightforward and lyrical as are his descriptions of the blues and rags and jazz that provide alternative protections and consolations to their disciples.",
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          "text": "Now that I have that, it’s the ultimate playground. Magic, technology, lasers, spell casting, all happening at once in the OASIS.",
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          "ref": "2023 February 9, Julia Jacobs, “Hogwarts Legacy Can’t Cast Aside Debate Over J.K. Rowling”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Feb 2023:",
          "text": "The conversation about the video game Hogwarts Legacy has been dominated by social issues rather than spell casting or Hippogriff taming.",
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