Contriving

Synonyms for "contriving" (47 found)

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artifice authorship beginning byzantine cabal calculating coinage collusion complicity conception

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concoction confederacy connivance conniving conspiracy contrivance covin creation deep designing devising disingenuous fabrication finesse

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Do we really want all those strivings and contrivings—all those thoughts and assumptions someone has cleverly etched into the hardware and software we are using—to remain invisible?

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