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
Arasheben devised a mechanism allowing the face to switch colors.
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Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
However, Solskjaer had spent that off-season devising how United would play with Sancho in an attacking unit alongside Marcus Rashford, Mason Greenwood, Edinson Cavani, Anthony Martial and Dan James, with the likes of Bruno Fernandes just behind.
—Chris McKenna, New York Times, 11 June 2026
In this case, the team devised a way to directly merge the mechanophores as cross-links into common polymers.
—Shirl Leigh
june 10, New Atlas, 10 June 2026
Multiple researchers futilely attempted to devise strategies to work around this antibody, to no avail.
—Joshua Mezrich, STAT, 9 June 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
However, Solskjaer had spent that off-season devising how United would play with Sancho in an attacking unit alongside Marcus Rashford, Mason Greenwood, Edinson Cavani, Anthony Martial and Dan James, with the likes of Bruno Fernandes just behind.
—Chris McKenna, New York Times, 11 June 2026
In this case, the team devised a way to directly merge the mechanophores as cross-links into common polymers.
—Shirl Leigh
june 10, New Atlas, 10 June 2026
Multiple researchers futilely attempted to devise strategies to work around this antibody, to no avail.
—Joshua Mezrich, STAT, 9 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for devise
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Every detail is accurate, though the picture as a whole is an invention, concocted from multiple views, locations, and studies.—
Susan Tallman,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2026
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Investigators believed Simko met one of the suspects at a cannabis festival in Ann Arbor, where the suspects reportedly concocted a plan to set up a fake business deal and steal what officials said was upwards of 50 pounds of marijuana.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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Remember Bonnie, the adorable five-year-old who inherited Andy’s old toys and, in a stroke of brilliance, invented one of her own by gluing a pair of googly eyes onto a cheap white spork?—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
16 June 2026
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But there is now chatter of other scenarios — some legit, some planted for negotiating purposes, some invented — and that may get louder leading up to draft day.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 June 2026
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The fact that Claridge’s dug deep into the grounds underneath to construct a 7,000-square-foot spa and wellness area showed how invested the hotel is in this topic.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
17 June 2026
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And two, because much like her work itself, our interview included layered discussion of constructing and shaping identities.—
Stephanie Shih
June 17,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
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“Devise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devise. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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