contrivances

NOUN

equipment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

apparatus furnishings furniture machinery material

STRONG

accessories accompaniments accouterments appliances appurtenances articles attachments baggage belongings contraptions devices equipage facilities fittings fixtures gadgets habiliments impedimenta materiel outfit paraphernalia provisions rig setup shebang stock store stuff tackle things tools trappings traps utensils

WEAK

kit and kaboodle miscellaneous provisioning

Example Sentences

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The film can’t afford to be shy about contrivances, but it’s only willing to cheat on facts, not feelings.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025

“We Live in Time” is also chock-full of contrivances.

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2024

Ewell doesn’t help himself with a couple of contrivances that are crucial to propelling the plot along.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2024

But the contrivances that have enabled them to construct such a tight nuts-and-bolts thriller also allow them to dodge grappling with the characters’ ideology as ideology.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023

Adams had spent most of his retirement years denouncing such contrivances as gross distortions of history.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

contrivances

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