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
Derrick White said opponents spent the whole summer devising ways to slow the Boston attack.
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Jay King, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
In devising the tool, the brothers used Google Maps’ API to collect real-time traffic data from 19 routes, using the shortest time to drive from point A to point B for every route.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2025
Researchers eventually found that the smattering of any other language that was encountered can lead to the AI devising a multi-lingual capacity, of sorts, in a somewhat mechanical way.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Jurors heard over the more than monthlong trial that Cohen, Trump, and tabloid publisher David Pecker devised the scheme to control what voters knew about Trump’s past in August 2015.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025
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Jay King, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
In devising the tool, the brothers used Google Maps’ API to collect real-time traffic data from 19 routes, using the shortest time to drive from point A to point B for every route.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2025
Researchers eventually found that the smattering of any other language that was encountered can lead to the AI devising a multi-lingual capacity, of sorts, in a somewhat mechanical way.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Jurors heard over the more than monthlong trial that Cohen, Trump, and tabloid publisher David Pecker devised the scheme to control what voters knew about Trump’s past in August 2015.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for devise
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Or a witch or wizard standing over a cauldron concocting life-altering potions.—
Simone Milasas,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Others were at it, too, with Aston Villa, Everton, Chelsea and Leicester City all concocting their own mutually beneficial deals to chase compliance.—
Philip Buckingham,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
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The iconic sports drink was invented at the University of Florida’s College of Medicine in 1965.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
19 Jan. 2025
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Biden didn't invent that approach, Turner said—the rhetoric and framing from this White House largely matches that from Barack Obama's—but Biden delivered on growth and jobs in the clean tech sector in ways that previous administrations did not.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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The intention was to lower the cost of constructing new housing and to encourage less personal vehicle use.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacramento Bee,
22 Jan. 2025
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Stay in one of the Avalanche Ranch Cabins and Hot Springs’ log cabins or wagons, constructed between 1890 and 1950.—
Jennifer Broome,
The Denver Post,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Devise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devise. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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