as in to devise
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination
anyone who drums up a better way of doing this tedious task will make a fortune
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Recent Examples of drum up
It was revealed in mid-November that his spell as Argyle would be the subject of a documentary, produced by Lorton Entertainment, which would also help drum up interest in the club.
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Richard Amofa, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
Kennedy has also done more to drum up unnecessary fear about COVID shots than perhaps anyone else in the country.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2025
Other methods to drum up more money include an across-the-board 10% import tariff — essentially, a universal tax on U.S. imports that would be paid by consumers.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 24 Jan. 2025
In recent weeks he’s been busy making the rounds on the promotional circuit, appearing on American talk shows like The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Kelly Clarkson Show and The Jennifer Hudson Show and popular YouTube shows like Hot Ones to drum up buzz for Squid Game’s second season.
—Regina Kim, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
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Richard Amofa, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
Kennedy has also done more to drum up unnecessary fear about COVID shots than perhaps anyone else in the country.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2025
Other methods to drum up more money include an across-the-board 10% import tariff — essentially, a universal tax on U.S. imports that would be paid by consumers.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 24 Jan. 2025
In recent weeks he’s been busy making the rounds on the promotional circuit, appearing on American talk shows like The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Kelly Clarkson Show and The Jennifer Hudson Show and popular YouTube shows like Hot Ones to drum up buzz for Squid Game’s second season.
—Regina Kim, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drum up
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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,
1 Feb. 2025
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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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Our businesses and residents depend on Canadian products – from lumber to construct housing to dairy products, energy and more.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
4 Feb. 2025
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It's designed to be so easy and simple to construct that one person, without any help or tools, can set it up and start living the tiny life.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Feb. 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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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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