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contrivance

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11 lettersPronunciation /kənˈtɹaɪ.vəns/Part of speech nounSorted acceinnortvStarts with CEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the act of devising something

Word origin

From contrive + -ance.

Used in a sentence

  • And along with each of these go their images, not the things themselves, — they too have come about by godlike contrivance.
  • The Harry Hamlin character is a bit of a hypochondriac, a contrivance that exists for the sole purpose of bringing him into contact with the confused young doctor at the clinic.
  • The retrospective emphasis on these two specific stories—even their mention here, in the previous paragraph—has become a contrivance.

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