contrivance

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Someone makes a jokey reference to the cartoon contrivance of “Scooby-Doo,” and the comparison is brutally apt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

But a script with this much contrivance only works if it’s delivered with snap and confidence.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025

There are those in the F1 paddock who feel that the move is a contrivance, a knee-jerk reaction to a specific set of circumstances that happened to unfold last year.

From BBC • May 23, 2025

As the prosecution described it, the case that faces a man who made his Hollywood name with the artificial drama of “The Apprentice” needs no contrivance.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2024

‘I wonder if this is a contrivance of the Enemy,’ said Boromir.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien