as in gadget
an interesting and often novel device with a practical use
built a contraption for automatically buttering toast
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Recent Examples of contraption
The movie is less a screwball comedy than a screwball contraption—a madcap farce that the screenwriters have reduced to a math problem.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
In this case, pressing L2 and R2 at the same time activates a type of vision that will show players demonic contraptions that are invisible to the human eye.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
Video footage shows the giant Pacific octopus grabbing the camera and its reddish body covering more and more of the contraption.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
The sweet, young blasted-to-pieces kids are hooked up to contraptions or lie there too depressed to even blink.
—Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
In this case, pressing L2 and R2 at the same time activates a type of vision that will show players demonic contraptions that are invisible to the human eye.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
Video footage shows the giant Pacific octopus grabbing the camera and its reddish body covering more and more of the contraption.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
The sweet, young blasted-to-pieces kids are hooked up to contraptions or lie there too depressed to even blink.
—Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contraption
gadget
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The iconic items fit well in this book given how many Avengers don’t feel complete without a gadget or mystical item to carry into battle.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The Arts District Market This store will sell a variety of travel necessities, including tech gadgets and small items.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Contraption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contraption. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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