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
Video footage shows the giant Pacific octopus grabbing the camera and its reddish body covering more and more of the contraption.
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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
Then his therapist places a white contraption on his head that sends him into something called digital immersive reality therapy.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
In lab tests, volunteers performed memory and arithmetic tasks while wearing the contraption.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2025
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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
Then his therapist places a white contraption on his head that sends him into something called digital immersive reality therapy.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
In lab tests, volunteers performed memory and arithmetic tasks while wearing the contraption.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contraption
gadget
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But perhaps you're set on purchasing a new EV with the latest gadgets and upgrades.—
Jim Sergent,
USA Today,
2 Sep. 2025
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Dubbed the NotePin, the gadget has found a fast growing audience.—
Iain Martin,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Contraption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contraption. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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