artifice
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He told me, with absolutely no artifice, that what he finds more interesting about the championship is whether Hull would face relegation or if Leeds could finish in the top half of the table.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
As a precision-minded songwriter, she bestowed a kind of emotional dignity on everyday characters in hardscrabble circumstances; as a glittering pop persona, she called constant attention to the artifice of her own A-list stardom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
“Being aware of the artifice is, to some extent, part of the charm, so we’re not trying desperately to hide that stuff.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
But layer a catchy tune over all that artifice, and the music is the only thing many people will hear.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026
My eyes burn, and it’s not artifice, unlike the wincing.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
But they also find droll humor in the artifices and absurdities that some see in the genre.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
“There are a series of artifices that she builds to create this translation of worlds, to help us see what they see.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2023
He was charged with one count of fraud schemes and artifices, one count of theft and two counts of false return in September 2020 and pleaded guilty in the case six months ago.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
These days, the black-and-white artifices of midcentury studio films often seem overly mannered to viewers who didn’t grow up watching them on TV as Harry and Sally did.
From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2017
Upset by the news, José Arcadio Buendía stood motionless, trying to rise above his affliction, until the group dispersed, called away by other artifices, and the puddle of the taciturn Armenian evaporated completely.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Vocabulary lists containing artifice
100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"
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The Federalist Papers, No. 1 by Alexander Hamilton
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Divergent
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