artifice
Example Sentences
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Some crafty artifice and a heap of negative space aren’t enough to fill the void left by a complete lack of narrative sense.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026
Anytime the film veers into computer-generated territory, it takes on a sheen of cheesy artifice.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026
At the same time, the shameless artifice would seem to be Mr. Johnson’s intent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025
The player-friendly artifice that defines so much of Las Vegas was absent here.
From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025
One day I noticed there was no more skin to absently peel, just air where there’d been artifice.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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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