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
Greg Swartz of Bleacher Report concocted this trade idea that sees the Lakers land and shore up both their frontcourt and backcourt, the Dallas Mavericks duo of former All-Star Klay Thompson and Daniel Gafford.
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Ricardo Sandoval, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
Her near-empty piggy bank poses a challenge, but Busy Betty gets creative, concocting yummy Christmas cookies to sell in a wintertime twist on lemonade stands.
—Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025
In season five, Bower’s Vecna approaches the master stroke of his years-long plot, concocted in the depths of the Upside Down.
—Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 30 Nov. 2025
But, every so often, the gods concoct a minor tragedy for even the most powerful mortals, and a glimpse of life’s futility—and perhaps even its ever-present mortality—breaks briefly through.
—Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2025
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Ricardo Sandoval, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
Her near-empty piggy bank poses a challenge, but Busy Betty gets creative, concocting yummy Christmas cookies to sell in a wintertime twist on lemonade stands.
—Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025
In season five, Bower’s Vecna approaches the master stroke of his years-long plot, concocted in the depths of the Upside Down.
—Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 30 Nov. 2025
But, every so often, the gods concoct a minor tragedy for even the most powerful mortals, and a glimpse of life’s futility—and perhaps even its ever-present mortality—breaks briefly through.
—Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concoct
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Last summer, researchers devised a method to translate internal representations of sentences from one language model to another.—
Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
7 Jan. 2026
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Of all the schemes that humans have devised to keep sea lions from gorging on the salmon of the Columbia River basin, none has worked for long.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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What a slap in the face to the folks who’ve studied, who’ve researched, who’ve invented, who’ve saved lives, who’ve fought for their lives, who’ve lost their lives, who’ve devoted their lives to keeping that last group as small as possible.—
Heidi Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2026
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Those are not our gestures; those were invented by these wonderful actors.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
9 Jan. 2026
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In Santa Rosa, Cosmic Buildings is constructing Prasanna Vasudavan's new home.—
Kenny Choi,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Bedlore Mattress Topper The mattress topper is constructed using a bamboo fabric mix, which helps with breathability.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Concoct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concoct. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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