as in to devise
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination
trying to concoct an explanation for how the lamp got broken by itself
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Recent Examples of concoct
Per the lawsuit, Jones took Abel’s phone upon her departure and mined it for messages to be used as legal ammo without necessary context to concoct a false narrative that Lively was the target of a smear campaign initiated by Baldoni and his team.
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Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2025
This phase transition would start in some random spot in the cosmos and race outward at the speed of light, containing within it a brand new kind of universe almost certainly incompatible with the kind of life, chemistry, and even atomic physics that our Universe has managed to concoct.
—Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2025
Werfel concocted a more tortuous explanation for his wife’s grotesque behavior.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
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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Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2025
This phase transition would start in some random spot in the cosmos and race outward at the speed of light, containing within it a brand new kind of universe almost certainly incompatible with the kind of life, chemistry, and even atomic physics that our Universe has managed to concoct.
—Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2025
Werfel concocted a more tortuous explanation for his wife’s grotesque behavior.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
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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View 1 Images Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have devised a biomarker test that can spot small amounts of clumping tau protein in the brain and cerebrospinal fluid, which lead to Alzheimer's disease.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Feb. 2025
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Suspicions rise amidst growing tensions in the city, and Cervantes, driven by an unwavering sense of optimism, devises a daring plan for freedom.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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Currently the subject of a Kickstarter campaign, the Blade Booster was invented by German inline skater/entrepreneur Marcel Frerichs.—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
10 Feb. 2025
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The Shirley Temple was invented at Chasen’s, for the then-underage actress.—
Carolynn Carreño,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2025
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The ancient basilica, constructed between 78 and 84 A.D., once stood at the heart of the city, which was known at the time as Londinium, according to The Associated Press.—
Sophia Compton,
Fox News,
14 Feb. 2025
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The roughly $200 million project includes improving Santa Fe, from Ridgeview to Mur-Len roads, and constructing a new interchange at I-35.—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Concoct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concoct. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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