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Recent Examples of contraption His vision of Treehouse Town is brimming with imaginative contraptions, like crow’s nests for viewing, air trams, rope swings, trapdoors and sycamore slides. Megan Gambino, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2024 Vintage Universal Genève watches are truly wonderful contraptions. Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2024 Van Dien's entire body and face were covered in a caped contraption to look like the upper torso riding a horse without a head. Stacy Lambe, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024 These machines are typically massive, tentacled contraptions that require billions of dollars and decades to construct. IEEE Spectrum, 24 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for contraption

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“Contraption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contraption. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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