contrivance
Example Sentences
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Most market meltdowns have been triggered by some unique new financial contrivance.
From Los Angeles Times
But while the revelation that brings the play to a painful climax has a faint whiff of contrivance about it, the angry confrontation that ensues between Nelson and Nick has a bruising, brutal power.
But a script with this much contrivance only works if it’s delivered with snap and confidence.
From Los Angeles Times
Yet for all the contrivance, this match-up comes draped in the language of legacy.
From BBC
There are those in the F1 paddock who feel that the move is a contrivance, a knee-jerk reaction to a specific set of circumstances that happened to unfold last year.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
