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
Here, Talbot also plays Luthor’s alter ego, the titular Atom Man, as Luthor devises a way to create a synthetic version of Kryptonite.
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Will Harris, EW.com, 11 July 2025
The breath-freshener smell that Marks had devised was a combination of laurel leaves—peculiar to the modern sensibility, but not off-putting—and musk.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
This ignores a fundamental problem of innovation and inventiveness, which is that many of the innovative geniuses who devised transformative inventions failed to profit financially from their own ingenuity while more aggressive, entrepreneurial bystanders claimed credit and profit.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 July 2025
The museum needs to hire an executive director, fill eight board seats, create a clear operational structure, devise a business plan, identify revenue targets, devise a capital improvement strategy and install more public programming by the August deadline.
—Sophia Tiedge, jsonline.com, 9 July 2025
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Will Harris, EW.com, 11 July 2025
The breath-freshener smell that Marks had devised was a combination of laurel leaves—peculiar to the modern sensibility, but not off-putting—and musk.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
This ignores a fundamental problem of innovation and inventiveness, which is that many of the innovative geniuses who devised transformative inventions failed to profit financially from their own ingenuity while more aggressive, entrepreneurial bystanders claimed credit and profit.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 July 2025
The museum needs to hire an executive director, fill eight board seats, create a clear operational structure, devise a business plan, identify revenue targets, devise a capital improvement strategy and install more public programming by the August deadline.
—Sophia Tiedge, jsonline.com, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for devise
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Free to experiment, distillers are concocting playful new expressions that summon the sea to your glass.—
Camille Berry,
Vogue,
15 July 2025
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It’s well established that the Trump-Russia hoax was concocted to harm Trump, but Ratcliffe’s move is a prosecutorial dead end.—
Andrew C. McCarthy,
National Review,
13 July 2025
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As the answers to these questions emerge, your brand isn't invented; it's just revealed.—
Maha Abouelenein,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Trump didn’t invent that, but no other politician has ever devoted himself to widening that gulf between the two factions with such maniacal commitment.—
Letters to the Editor,
Hartford Courant,
14 July 2025
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The decision to construct an entire studio for the prequel speaks to the scale of ambition driving this project.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 July 2025
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As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
21 July 2025
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“Devise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devise. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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