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an interesting and often novel device with a practical use
built a contraption for automatically buttering toast
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Is Waymo going to make congestion worse by filling the streets with 5,000-pound contraptions that are completely empty?
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Wired Staff, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2024
The hotel’s concern for parents extends to details like a lime-green plastic step stool at the marble bathroom sinks and matching plastic contraption hung from the faucet to bring water closer to a person of small stature.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2024
People lament that most cars on the road today are 4,000-pound contraptions with just one person in them.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2024
Needless to say, those who hate the thought of decorating for hours on end were incredibly jealous of this contraption.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Wired Staff, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2024
The hotel’s concern for parents extends to details like a lime-green plastic step stool at the marble bathroom sinks and matching plastic contraption hung from the faucet to bring water closer to a person of small stature.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2024
People lament that most cars on the road today are 4,000-pound contraptions with just one person in them.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2024
Needless to say, those who hate the thought of decorating for hours on end were incredibly jealous of this contraption.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Contraption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contraption. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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