as in gadget
an interesting and often novel device with a practical use
built a contraption for automatically buttering toast
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One of them brings a suitcase contraption that gives them all new perspective about their relationships until the game goes wildly awry.
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
So the question becomes, how did the American founders, justifiably famous for their political wisdom, burden us with the strange contraption called the Electoral College?
—Joseph J. Ellis, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
In an era of smartphones, fitness tracking watches and always-listening speakers, there’s no shortage of contraptions to wake us up via an assortment of sounds.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
The flying contraption seats two people—Fritz, who got his pilot’s license for this very purpose, and one of the two foster parents, who trade off on sky duty.
—Carin Leong, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2024
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
So the question becomes, how did the American founders, justifiably famous for their political wisdom, burden us with the strange contraption called the Electoral College?
—Joseph J. Ellis, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
In an era of smartphones, fitness tracking watches and always-listening speakers, there’s no shortage of contraptions to wake us up via an assortment of sounds.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
The flying contraption seats two people—Fritz, who got his pilot’s license for this very purpose, and one of the two foster parents, who trade off on sky duty.
—Carin Leong, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Contraption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contraption. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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