as in to devise
to perform, make, or do without preparation
we can clap together a repair on the tire that should last until we get home
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The development — dubbed Heritage Place — is the realization of a compromise that community members, stakeholders and the city devised a few years ago to keep Kroehler mansion from demolition.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
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But one way of doing this is an SRO, meaning the SEC and the CFTC would jointly create an SRO that would devise these standards, and that would pull in industry expertise.—
Steven Ehrlich,
Forbes,
31 Jan. 2025
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Werfel concocted a more tortuous explanation for his wife’s grotesque behavior.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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Director Josh Ruben, along with screenwriters Phillip Murphy, Christopher Landon and Michael Kennedy, craftily concocts a sweetly sinister genre mashup, blending romantic comedy tropes with slasher movie fodder.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2025
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On stage, there is no escape and that, to me, is what is most exciting when improvising.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Jan. 2025
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Grizzly said during the day his team uses improvised bunkers to keep their weapons hidden from Russian drones and artillery that operate from the far side of the river.—
Brian Mann,
NPR,
28 Jan. 2025
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In terms of top Netflix original films, that goes to Kinda Pregnant, the tragi-comedy centring on an awkward woman (Schumer) who fakes her own pregnancy to get attention before realising her lie might have landed her in hot water with her new boyfriend Will Forte.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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Down 22-21 early in the fourth quarter, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes snapped the ball from the Buffalo Bills’ 10-yard line, faked a handoff and rolled to his right.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Clap (together or up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clap%20%28together%20or%20up%29. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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