contraptions
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The “personal computers” of the day were hobbyists’ kits, contraptions that arrived in pieces, with output displays that were limited to blinking red lights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026
They install heat cables in the soil to keep their pumpkins warm, build contraptions to cover them from the sun and add grow-lights for cloudy days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025
Crowds hoot and cheer as the contraptions float into the darkening sky, while referees judge the magnificence of their aerial explosions.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2025
Last year's Tears of the Kingdom, for example, allowed players to build strange contraptions and led to memorable creations such as a giant robotic Godzilla.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2024
They are complicated contraptions with hundreds of parts, every one of which feeds back through wires to the control room.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
