as in devising
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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For 39 years, Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act has required redistricting institutions to consider racial and ethnic minority representation when devising congressional districts.—
Sam D. Hayes,
The Conversation,
13 Oct. 2025 -
The problem in devising such a tax is defining what constitutes a robot.—
Zach Halaschak,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Oct. 2025
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China has also been concocting a pretext for action.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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But in the late 1800s, food companies began concocting products that were wildly different from anything people could make themselves.—
Alice Callahan,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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To confront it, community members are building new institutions underground and improvising new forms of social life.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
19 Oct. 2025
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As a member of the Soultronics, as the 13-person touring band was called, Hamilton stood harmonizing and improvising behind the man who was crafting a new foundation for soul music.—
Elise Brisco,
Rolling Stone,
16 Oct. 2025
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Rozier is accused of faking an injury to leave a game early and underperform expectations to manipulate bets that had taken place.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Upon receiving the handoff, Pacheco hesitated for a beat before faking left, juking right and breaking a tackle on the way to his longest rush of the season — a 16-yard gain on a drive that ended in a Kansas City touchdown.—
Pete Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
9 Oct. 2025
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This might look like manufacturing specialized materials at scale, building new quantum foundries, expanding the talent pipeline, advancing cooling technology, and mass-producing cryogenic equipment and materials with superconductive properties.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
22 Oct. 2025
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However, manufacturing rare earth magnets is highly complex and relies on upstream rare earth element mining and refining operations.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Clapping (together or up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clapping%20%28together%20or%20up%29. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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