contrivance
Example Sentences
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Most market meltdowns have been triggered by some unique new financial contrivance.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025
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.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 26, 2025
Yet for all the contrivance, this match-up comes draped in the language of legacy.
From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025
As the prosecution described it, the case that faces a man who made his Hollywood name with the artificial drama of “The Apprentice” needs no contrivance.
From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2024
But she never said anything about my contrivance.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
