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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 concocted
Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Maybe the purposefully ambiguous coda was concocted to prove some sort of Rashomon-style truth-is-subjective point.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors described Sanaa Cunningham’s death as the result of a murder plot concocted by her father and stepmother, Germayne and Lisa Cunningham, following months of abuse and neglect.
—Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Swartz concocted this massive blockbuster trade idea, which sends Brown to his hometown team, the Atlanta Hawks.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Advertisement Synthetic dyes are generally made from petroleum and concocted in labs.
—Alice Park, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
To solve this problem, materials scientists at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have concocted a new sunscreen recipe that spares the ocean’s vital microorganisms.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Sep. 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
Perhaps this is the easiest iteration of chicken parm ever concocted.
—Arkansas Online, 5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Dan concocted a farmhouse ale made with 1850s roots.
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Maybe the purposefully ambiguous coda was concocted to prove some sort of Rashomon-style truth-is-subjective point.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors described Sanaa Cunningham’s death as the result of a murder plot concocted by her father and stepmother, Germayne and Lisa Cunningham, following months of abuse and neglect.
—Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Swartz concocted this massive blockbuster trade idea, which sends Brown to his hometown team, the Atlanta Hawks.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Advertisement Synthetic dyes are generally made from petroleum and concocted in labs.
—Alice Park, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
To solve this problem, materials scientists at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have concocted a new sunscreen recipe that spares the ocean’s vital microorganisms.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Sep. 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
Perhaps this is the easiest iteration of chicken parm ever concocted.
—Arkansas Online, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for concocted
Verb
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The most visible plans are those devised by the same international custodians who have engineered postwar order elsewhere in the Middle East.—
Mohammed R. Mhawish,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
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That is, unless faster methods are devised than today’s chemical rockets.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The tall design is constructed of Italian suede and leather that’s been made water-resistant and jazzed up with buckles at the calf, to secure the comfy and warm shearling interior.—
Gretta Monahan,
Boston Herald,
16 Oct. 2025
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The building was constructed in 1910, and the apartment’s most recent tenant, who moved out in 2022, had lived there for forty years.—
Naaman Zhou,
New Yorker,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Director Simon Stone seems lost about what to do with this contrived premise and fails to take advantage of its natural claustrophobic nature.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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Even if your beat wasn’t geopolitics or the economic structure behind deep-sea tourism, you were supposed to drop everything and help perpetuate the flood, or find a way to work it into your coverage, however contrived.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Make your way down the slopes via velogemel, a snowbike that was invented and patented in the Jungfrau village of Grindelwald, or a sledge.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Oct. 2025
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It is said that Shakespeare himself invented more than 1,500 words.—
Louis J. Esterhazy,
Footwear News,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Then, more gunfire-like sounds ripped through the line once again, followed by more labored breathing from the caller as the dispatcher tried to rally more resources.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
21 Sep. 2025
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In its determination to make its point, Joni’s Jazz is a labor of love that still feels a little labored.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Keep canned fish and beans on hand for quick, protein-rich meals.—
Claire Bugos,
Verywell Health,
8 Oct. 2025
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For example, fish sticks and canned tuna that are wild-caught are cheaper.—
Simon Spichak,
Health,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In the first season, tThe drama based on James Patterson’s best-selling novel series saw Cross pursue a narcissistic serial killer played by Ryan Eggold and uncover Miss Nancy as an assumed stalker endangering his family.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Oct. 2025
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The album’s final first-week sales number is expected to be announced on Sunday, Oct. 12, along with its assumed large debut on the multi-metric Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Oct. 18).—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Sometimes, it was described as fantastical, depicting unrealistic and strange juxtapositions, as though the black people in his paintings had wandered into a genre or set of conditions totally discordant with what the viewer considered their actual reality.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
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Often the traditional beauty standards put forward by the male gaze are unrealistic.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Concocted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concocted. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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