artifice
noun
a clever trick or stratagem; a cunning, crafty device or expedient; wile.
artifices
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pluralof artifice.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But they also find droll humor in the artifices and absurdities that some see in the genre.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
“There are a series of artifices that she builds to create this translation of worlds, to help us see what they see.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2023
He was charged with one count of fraud schemes and artifices, one count of theft and two counts of false return in September 2020 and pleaded guilty in the case six months ago.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
These days, the black-and-white artifices of midcentury studio films often seem overly mannered to viewers who didn’t grow up watching them on TV as Harry and Sally did.
From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2017
Upset by the news, José Arcadio Buendía stood motionless, trying to rise above his affliction, until the group dispersed, called away by other artifices, and the puddle of the taciturn Armenian evaporated completely.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
