as in to devise
to perform, make, or do without preparation
we can clap together a repair on the tire that should last until we get home
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The breath-freshener smell that Marks had devised was a combination of laurel leaves—peculiar to the modern sensibility, but not off-putting—and musk.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
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This ignores a fundamental problem of innovation and inventiveness, which is that many of the innovative geniuses who devised transformative inventions failed to profit financially from their own ingenuity while more aggressive, entrepreneurial bystanders claimed credit and profit.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
10 July 2025
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Free to experiment, distillers are concocting playful new expressions that summon the sea to your glass.—
Camille Berry,
Vogue,
15 July 2025
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It’s well established that the Trump-Russia hoax was concocted to harm Trump, but Ratcliffe’s move is a prosecutorial dead end.—
Andrew C. McCarthy,
National Review,
13 July 2025
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Will downtown buildings in L.A. illuminate improvised lightning bolts, as happened in downtown San Diego?—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 July 2025
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Frontman Martin then improvises a brief song after they are captured on the big screen.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
19 July 2025
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David Zayas returns as Dexter’s old Miami PD colleague Angel Batista, who’s slightly less jovial now that he’s realized his friend may have had good reason to fake his own death, and Dexter still has visions of his father Harry (James Remar).—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
11 July 2025
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These tools, known as FIDO2 or WebAuthn passkeys, are far harder for hackers to fake or phish.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
10 July 2025
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“Clap (together or up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clap%20%28together%20or%20up%29. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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