Devices
Devices noun - An inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices'.
Stuff
Stuff noun - A skill, an ability, or knowledge that makes a person able to do a particular job.
Both words in one sentence
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Donald doesn't believe and wants a proof that he really woke up forty years into the future, so nephews quickly make up stuff like winter homes on Venus or counter-gravitation devices.
Source: I Want My Jet Pack -
Too Dumb to Live: Sims left to their own devices tend to either do nothing on their own or do incredibly stupid stuff.
Source: Video Game / The Sims -
This is also how the series makes up for the lack of holographic devices/supernatural stuff to provide a visual medium.
Source: Anime / Cardfight!! Vanguard
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Devices & Stuff. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/devices/stuff>.
Stuff or Devices. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/devices/stuff.
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