as in to concoct
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination
she quickly devised a new scheme when the first one failed
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Recent Examples of devise
White House officials repeatedly tried to suggest that the change in policy was a premeditated strategy devised to secure favorable deals.
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Natasha Frost, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
The researchers devised an ingenious, streamlined method utilizing easily accessible and inexpensive phthalocyanines (Pcs) – organic compounds used as pigments and dyes.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2025
So, Kim and Yeoh secretly devised another wedding plan.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Pinochet models this mechanism with an easy-to-understand analogy that cannot be taken literally but can present an intuitive idea of the energy extraction method devised by Penrose.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Natasha Frost, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
The researchers devised an ingenious, streamlined method utilizing easily accessible and inexpensive phthalocyanines (Pcs) – organic compounds used as pigments and dyes.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2025
So, Kim and Yeoh secretly devised another wedding plan.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Pinochet models this mechanism with an easy-to-understand analogy that cannot be taken literally but can present an intuitive idea of the energy extraction method devised by Penrose.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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He was not accused of concocting evidence against Read.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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He is credited with concocting the opaque formula used to calculate the tariffs imposed on imports from each country, which is based on the trade deficit between the U.S. and each trading partner, not their tariffs on American imports.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2025
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Dire wolves did overlap with early humans at the end of the Ice Age, around 11,500 years ago, but humans had barely invented agriculture at that point, let alone begun building the cities and interstate highways that would encroach upon the natural world.—
Andrea Marks,
Rolling Stone,
12 Apr. 2025
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That doesn’t portray a hero, but rather someone so arrogant as to invent his own law and appoint himself its executioner.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2025
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This lineup was constructed to make the other question marks on the roster irrelevant.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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There was no natural gas service to the home, officials said, adding that it had recently been constructed.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Devise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devise. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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