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Free sign upThe phrase "a device of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a tool, mechanism, or means employed to achieve a specific purpose or effect.
Example: "The author employs a device of irony to highlight the absurdity of the situation."
Alternatives: "a means of" or "a tool for".
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It is a device of subjecthood, not citizenship.
The result is a device of startling beauty.
Suleiman's sublime directorial precision is especially significant as a device of exclusion.
The notion of "colour" was most likely a device of classification.
Even at the current growth rate, he said, the DVD player is still a device of enthusiasts and early adopters.
It was a device of the director Richard Eyre that made Jonathan Pryce's terrific, febrile Hamlet soar.
What was once a device of liberation becomes a tool of enslavement, as employers can contact staff 24/7.
As for "being accountable", the idea of historical remorse is a fad, a device of political rhetoric.
The human vocal instrument as a device of communication represents an apex of physical and intellectual evolution.
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This opens up a new device of forming a complex predicate.
In 1955, the 49ers brought in a device consisting of two-by-fours, pulleys and wires.
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