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
Meyer’s comments come after the NCAA disciplined Michigan last week following its investigation into an elaborate sign-stealing scheme concocted by former staffer Connor Stalions.
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Jenna West, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Here, too, the system was connecting disparate bits of my personal data and doing its best to concoct something plausible.
—Webb Wright, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2025
The pandemic-era lows for home-loan troubles were, in many ways, artificially concocted by generous help for distressed borrowers.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025
The preview also shows West concocting his Sunday Service before delving down his own rabbit hole.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
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Jenna West, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Here, too, the system was connecting disparate bits of my personal data and doing its best to concoct something plausible.
—Webb Wright, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2025
The pandemic-era lows for home-loan troubles were, in many ways, artificially concocted by generous help for distressed borrowers.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025
The preview also shows West concocting his Sunday Service before delving down his own rabbit hole.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concoct
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Laws governing the use of AI should be devised in a Goldilocks manner.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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While creatives have historically devised and illustrated their ideas, using tech tools like Photoshop to fine-tune them, the script appears to have flipped — with AI starting the process and humans perfecting the final product.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Yet, bizarrely, the TV show undercuts this angle by inventing a serial killer nurse from whole cloth, a move that shifts the blame away from systemic forces and toward a motiveless scoundrel.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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And long before movie night was a thing, Mesoamericans apparently invented popcorn, too.—
SAVEUR Editors,
Saveur,
4 Sep. 2025
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The district plans to begin constructing the canals in 2026, and is looking for a developer to partner in the project, Alanis said.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
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The building that houses it was constructed in the 1940s; quirky designs abound inside, as do low ceilings and claustrophobic layouts.—
Annabelle Dufraigne,
Architectural Digest,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Concoct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concoct. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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