as in gadget
an interesting and often novel device with a practical use
built a contraption for automatically buttering toast
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One of our editors swears by this easy-to-use contraption to keep her entryway odor-free.
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Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2024
Prolong the inevitable by adorably buffing your little one’s claws with this spinning contraption.
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A go-to car seat brand, Britax is offering up to 40% off on strollers and car seats.
—Meredith Woerner, Variety, 16 July 2024
Communications technology allows a ground crew to track the vessel and send radio signal commands to the contraption to record or take photos before falling back to Earth.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
Compare that to Spielberg’s first and so far only attempt at outright farce, the narratively similar 1941, an immense, immaculate contraption that feels more suffocating than liberating.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2024
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Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2024
Prolong the inevitable by adorably buffing your little one’s claws with this spinning contraption.
Britax Car Seats (20% Off)
A go-to car seat brand, Britax is offering up to 40% off on strollers and car seats.
—Meredith Woerner, Variety, 16 July 2024
Communications technology allows a ground crew to track the vessel and send radio signal commands to the contraption to record or take photos before falling back to Earth.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
Compare that to Spielberg’s first and so far only attempt at outright farce, the narratively similar 1941, an immense, immaculate contraption that feels more suffocating than liberating.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2024
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“Contraption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contraption. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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