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• a  contrived by art rather than nature
  artificial flowers
  artificial flavoring
  an artificial diamond
  artificial fibers
  artificial sweeteners
• s  artificially formal
  that artificial humility that her husband hated
• s  not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes

• Kolff, who had already invented the first artificial kidney that patients could use, looked over Winchell's design and found it similar to one he had been working on.
• Developer David Santini, 39, a wealthy soil engineer, claims that his plastic slope is the "best artificial track in the world.
• Bereft of her only natural child, she cradles this artificial one.

• unreal
• contrived
• hokey
• stilted

• natural

News & Articles

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• Artificial Light from Laptops, Tablets and Smart Phones is Keeping Americans Awake
  The latest blog from Marble Media LLC’s HealthFill.com website takes a look at a new study from the journal “Nature” on the effects of artificial light from electronic devices to sleep patterns. (PRWeb June 16, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/HealthFill/SleepDisordersFromLight/prweb10838295.htm
  June 16, 2013 - PRWeb
• Wallingford-Swarthmore Gives Go-ahead for Artificial Turf
  An undulating and at times sloppy playing surface at George L. King Stadium will soon give way to the neater contours of an artificial surface.
  June 15, 2013 - Media Town Talk
• How Safe Is Splenda? Group Urges Caution for Artificial Sweetener
  The artificial sweetener sucralose (sold under the brand name Splenda) could potentially pose health risks, so it needs to be better understood before the sweetener should be assumed to be safe, one advocacy organization says.
  June 12, 2013 - LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Kyle Sampson in Forbes
  The distinction between 'political' and 'performance-related' reasons for removing a United States attorney is, in my view, largely artificial,said Kyle Sampson.
• President Bush in Reuters Canada
  This bill has too much pork, too many conditions and an artificial timetable for withdrawal. As I've made clear for weeks I will veto it if it comes to my desk,Bush said.
• Gordon Brown in BBC News
  Speaking after his meetings with Iraqi leaders in Baghdad, Mr Brown said: "It is certainly our intention that we reduce troop numbers, but I am not going to give an artificial timetable at the moment."