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09/14/24 10:29 AM

#111429 RE: cottonisking #111428

contrive
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verb
create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice.
"his opponents contrived a crisis"
Similar:
bring about
engineer
cause to happen
manufacture
orchestrate
stage-manage
create
devise
concoct
construct
design
formulate
plan
work out
think up
dream up
come up with
fabricate
plot
hatch
wangle
set up
cook up
procure
manage to do something foolish or create an undesirable situation.
"the poor guy in some way contrived to hang himself"
Similar:
manage
find a way
engineer a way
arrange
succeed in
work it
swing it
compass