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The phrase "a device that was" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a device in the past or referring to its previous state or function.
Example: "The engineer presented a device that was designed to improve energy efficiency in homes."
Alternatives: "a device that existed" or "a device that used to be".
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Then, at Benton & Bowles, in the early sixties, he wrote part of a series of commercials for Parliament cigarettes, featuring the Parliament "recessed filter, a clean quarter-inch away"—a device that was claimed to give the smoker "extra margin".
Man, those things really get my goat trying to improve a device that was working perfectly fine as it was.
But we're tracking this silent killer with random readings from a device that was invented in the 1890s.
Similarly, another need they identified had to do with a device that was inconvenient for doctors to use during a medical procedure.
Charlie O'Brien, a journeyman catcher, came up with a device that was a blend of a football helmet and a catcher's mask.
In the Gaza Strip today, Israeli forces shot to death a Palestinian man who they said was laying a device that was believed to be a bomb.
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It's a device that's been used often in films.
This is a device that is redefining how content is being delivered to the living room".
Suddenly, a device that's just a portable music player hardly seems sufficient.
It's a device that's straining for subversion, that roots in the plot only loosely.
It's a device that's a century-and-a-half old.
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