contraptions

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Sensors on the 12-foot metal contraptions measure wind speed, direction, temperature, humidity and pressure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Crowds hoot and cheer as the contraptions float into the darkening sky, while referees judge the magnificence of their aerial explosions.

From Barron's • Nov. 1, 2025

Last year's Tears of the Kingdom, for example, allowed players to build strange contraptions and led to memorable creations such as a giant robotic Godzilla.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2024

In an era of smartphones, fitness tracking watches and always-listening speakers, there’s no shortage of contraptions to wake us up via an assortment of sounds.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2024

She knew how to coax milk and gather eggs and bake bread and fashion inventions and build contraptions and grow plants and press cheese and simmer a stew to nourish the mind and the soul.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill