artificially contrived

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• artificially — adv. Artificially is used with these adjectives: ↑contrived, ↑inflated, ↑low Artificially is used with these verbs: ↑boost, ↑impose, ↑produce, ↑prolong, ↑stimulate …   Collocations dictionary

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