contrivances

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“We Live in Time” is also chock-full of contrivances.

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2024

How the satire becomes the tragedy is central to the power of Ibsen’s dramatic construction, overriding its occasional plot contrivances.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2024

Flat-footed contrivances, compounded by hackneyed humor and stereotypical targets, contribute to the sense that the play is always a beat behind.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2024

You realize how much the sighted world’s understanding of blindness is based on Hollywood contrivances.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2023

Adams had spent most of his retirement years denouncing such contrivances as gross distortions of history.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis