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
To keep pace, Hans Zimmer has concocted a visceral new growl that rattles our seats.
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
The scheme was allegedly concocted during lunch and recess breaks at Legacy Traditional School last October.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 25 June 2025
That memo accused Taylor of concocting stories to sell his book and directed the secretary of Homeland Security and other government agencies to look into Taylor and strip him of any security clearances.
—Arkansas Online, 4 June 2025
Make some hard and fast rules for yourself, and do not click on any links regardless of how compelling a lure these gangs and their AI might concoct.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
The scheme was allegedly concocted during lunch and recess breaks at Legacy Traditional School last October.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 25 June 2025
That memo accused Taylor of concocting stories to sell his book and directed the secretary of Homeland Security and other government agencies to look into Taylor and strip him of any security clearances.
—Arkansas Online, 4 June 2025
Make some hard and fast rules for yourself, and do not click on any links regardless of how compelling a lure these gangs and their AI might concoct.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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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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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,
10 July 2025
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The brand that invented the nap dress is offering a sweet discount for the 4th: 20% off select styles, including many that are already on sale.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
4 July 2025
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Despite the wheel’s immeasurable impact, no one is certain as to who invented it, or when and where it was first conceived.—
Kai James,
JSTOR Daily,
3 July 2025
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As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
9 July 2025
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For instance, reforms to Virginia’s Building Code lowered the cost of constructing a new home by over $24,000.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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“Concoct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concoct. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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