artifice
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Still as pragmatic and blunt as ever, the Maddy in “Euphoria”’s final season uses her style not as artifice, but as designer armor.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
But layer a catchy tune over all that artifice, and the music is the only thing many people will hear.
From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026
The world that shaped Miller’s early years was one of suburban perfection and sheltered artifice, a nostalgic ideal so far removed from reality that it shares a developer with Disney World.
From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025
Underneath the digital artifice, Chaplin’s eyes flash with hot conviction and palpable presence.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025
This lack of artifice owes as much to the rousing arrangement of songs, which blend seamlessly together, as it does to Echevarri’s poignant narrative.
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
Vocabulary lists containing artifice
100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"
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The Federalist Papers, No. 1 by Alexander Hamilton
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