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
The main plot centers on Randy Marsh concocting a plan to grow his business by lobbying to change marijuana laws.
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Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
Meyer’s comments come after the NCAA disciplined Michigan last week following its investigation into an elaborate sign-stealing scheme concocted by former staffer Connor Stalions.
—Jenna West, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Here, too, the system was connecting disparate bits of my personal data and doing its best to concoct something plausible.
—Webb Wright, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2025
The pandemic-era lows for home-loan troubles were, in many ways, artificially concocted by generous help for distressed borrowers.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025
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Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
Meyer’s comments come after the NCAA disciplined Michigan last week following its investigation into an elaborate sign-stealing scheme concocted by former staffer Connor Stalions.
—Jenna West, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Here, too, the system was connecting disparate bits of my personal data and doing its best to concoct something plausible.
—Webb Wright, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2025
The pandemic-era lows for home-loan troubles were, in many ways, artificially concocted by generous help for distressed borrowers.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025
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Stone is a former Riverside County supervisor who devised another north-south split for California, this one intended to give the new eastern California state a couple more seats in Congress and two more Republican seats in the Senate.—
Thomas Elias,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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Saluti has devised a unique trio of designs for The Vault, each drawing inspiration from nature to create abstract, hypnotic forms that blur the boundaries of her creative disciplines.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
16 Sep. 2025
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The genius was a man named Joel Houghton, who invented and patented a mechanical dishwasher in 1850.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Zambia also invented the walking safari.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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And, like the brand’s other hot tools, the Wave was constructed with sensors that help ensure your hair is consistently styled at 365 degrees Fahrenheit, a temperature that creates a lasting look with less damage to the hair.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Tuesday’s vote comes as San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie faces his biggest test with a controversial plan to construct taller, denser buildings with tens of thousands of new housing units, which San Francisco very much needs.—
Janie Har,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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