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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Alison devises a plan to escape her creative paralysis.—
Charlie Tyson,
New Yorker,
4 June 2025 -
The city devised a growth strategy with the University of Georgia’s Vinson Institute for Government and, over the past 10 years, spent around $500 million to improve public schools and build music venues and other public infrastructure.—
Patrik Jonsson,
Christian Science Monitor,
3 June 2025
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Essentially, people are challenging themselves to concoct the most atrociously belligerent bass in history.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
4 June 2025
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In second place is Jeff (Ramy Youssef), an AI guru getting a lot of love from the public sector about an anti-deepfake filter his company has concocted.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
31 May 2025
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Music is the message for Danny Kean, who has been traversing North America for 20 years, improvising on a piano in the back of his pickup.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
14 June 2025
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Surprisingly, for a film about improv comics, there wasn't much improvising in the movie, except for Mohammed.—
Mekishana Pierre Published,
EW.com,
11 June 2025
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The two have been faking a romance for years, playing the press at their own game, but what happens when things start to get too real?—
Laura Wood,
People.com,
4 June 2025
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After his arrest, Duffy had faked amnesia and sought asylum in a psychiatric hospital, where doctors prevented the police from interrogating him, but the pretense of the amnesia was exposed at the trial by his ex-wife and a friend.—
Sarah Beckwith,
New Yorker,
26 May 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 19 Jun. 2025.
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