concocted; concocting; concocts
1
: to prepare by combining raw materials
concoct a recipe
concocted a tropical fruit smoothie
concocter
noun
Examples of concoct in a Sentence
The drink was first concocted by a bartender in New York.
She concocted a stew from the leftovers.
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Desperate to revive his reputation, Zach gains the trust of nerdy outcast Laney (Cook) to concoct a vain scheme to turn her into the next prom queen.
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Jessica Wang, EW.com, 30 May 2025
Toronto worked back from an early deficit but couldn’t concoct another comeback win, falling to 22-24 on the season.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 19 May 2025
The Sichuan peppercorn sauce will be concocted at home from a mix of Lao Gan Ma chili crisp ($14) and a citric Olokoi sauce from Palau ($13), previously unknown to me, plus my own cumin.
—Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 18 May 2025
But flu viruses mutate often, hop frequently across species, and are tricky to durably vaccinate against; although scientists have been trying to concoct a universal-flu-vaccine recipe for decades, none have succeeded.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 6 May 2025
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Jessica Wang, EW.com, 30 May 2025
Toronto worked back from an early deficit but couldn’t concoct another comeback win, falling to 22-24 on the season.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 19 May 2025
The Sichuan peppercorn sauce will be concocted at home from a mix of Lao Gan Ma chili crisp ($14) and a citric Olokoi sauce from Palau ($13), previously unknown to me, plus my own cumin.
—Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 18 May 2025
But flu viruses mutate often, hop frequently across species, and are tricky to durably vaccinate against; although scientists have been trying to concoct a universal-flu-vaccine recipe for decades, none have succeeded.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 6 May 2025
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“Concoct.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concoct. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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