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as in scheme
a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end
used every device and stratagem he knew to prevent his son's marriage
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as in tool
an article intended for use in work
the salesclerk tried to sell me a new device for grooming cats
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as in genius
devices plural
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
left to her own devices she'd eat at a fast-food restaurant every night of the week
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Recent Examples of device
This microcurrent device reduces puffiness under the eyes, blurs fine lines, and even enhances lip volume.
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Hyphensocial Contributors, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
Bregman says that recently, medical device company Abbott gave an NIL deal to a Big Ten cheerleader as part of its conference-wide blood donation awareness campaign.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Spending long periods on a device, on the other hand, can put you into a physical and mental slump just like doomscrolling or watching a few too many episodes of Love Is Blind.
—Lauren Mazzo, SELF, 20 Nov. 2024
Send any news, comments, medical device jewelry, and Spirit Airlines (SAVE0.00%) available seat mile successors to talk@qz.com.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 20 Nov. 2024
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Hyphensocial Contributors, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
Bregman says that recently, medical device company Abbott gave an NIL deal to a Big Ten cheerleader as part of its conference-wide blood donation awareness campaign.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Spending long periods on a device, on the other hand, can put you into a physical and mental slump just like doomscrolling or watching a few too many episodes of Love Is Blind.
—Lauren Mazzo, SELF, 20 Nov. 2024
Send any news, comments, medical device jewelry, and Spirit Airlines (SAVE0.00%) available seat mile successors to talk@qz.com.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 20 Nov. 2024
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Pietro La Greca Jr’s memoir Pesos: The Rise and Fall of a Border Family tells the story of an Italian immigrant and con man who ran Mexico’s biggest money laundering scheme during the worst economic period in the country’s history.Peter White, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
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In the 2000s, federal agents deduced that the company was a mere front for a complex money laundering scheme.Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 18 Nov. 2024
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These tools ensure precise incisions and minimal scarring.Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
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To help small businesses succeed, said Friedrich, Amazon offers a wide range of new and improved tools and services and creates programs to help increase their visibility among Amazon customers to drive their business growth.Alexandra Pastore, WWD, 27 Nov. 2024
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This was a stroke of marketing genius, and plenty of producers were happy to oblige.Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2024
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This palette is genius—giving one the versatility to color correct various tones around the face with a single compact.Kiana Murden, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
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Agatha had put Ralph under a spell, forcing him to play Wanda’s brother Pietro in her ruse to steal Wanda’s dark magic.Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 19 Oct. 2024
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Speaking of which, does anyone understand why some elaborate ruse had to be pulled to get Andy’s SOID cube back?Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
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For the new study, astronomers combined WEAVE’s data with observations from other instruments, including the Low Frequency Array, the Very Large Array and the James Webb Space Telescope.Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Nov. 2024
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The largest and most powerful space telescope ever built, Webb's infrared instruments are capable of seeing objects so distant, the light from them takes up to 13.5 billion years to reach us, effectively providing a window back into the infancy of the universe.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
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Seven years after Burleigh was last seen, Cabrera found one of his bones.Abigail Adams, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
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Chocolate ramen Chef Takashi Tamai of Ramen Star, 4044 Tejon St., loves making classic ramen styles — like tonkotsu, shoyu and miso — using a broth that is cooked down for four days with pork or chicken bones.Jonathan Shikes, The Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2024
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The Shopping Conspiracy, which is about tricks that companies use to keep us buying stuff all the time.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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The trick was exploiting a Google invention called transformers to create astoundingly capable language models.Steven Levy, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024
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The current crop of Irish talent exemplifies these qualities, O’Reilly says.Nate Jones, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
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The Sharks’ prospect pool was also largely devoid of high-end talent, with the organization trading away multiple first-round draft picks throughout the 2010s for short-term solutions to keep the championship window open.Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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“Device.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/device. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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