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
This is nothing more than a continuation of the fake news stories concocted by the Democrats and the liberal media, just like the Obama Russiagate scandal, which President Trump was right about.
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Abc News, ABC News, 23 July 2025
This fake story was concocted by the Democrats and the liberal media, just like the Russiagate scandal, which President Trump was right about.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
Prosecutors say the men met while in county jail, then concocted the plan to kill the victim.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2025
Stan Lee himself concocted the idea of a robo-pal to round out the group.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 26 July 2025
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Abc News, ABC News, 23 July 2025
This fake story was concocted by the Democrats and the liberal media, just like the Russiagate scandal, which President Trump was right about.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
Prosecutors say the men met while in county jail, then concocted the plan to kill the victim.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2025
Stan Lee himself concocted the idea of a robo-pal to round out the group.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 26 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concoct
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The next step typically undertaken is to employ a make-or-break test when aiming to devise a generalizable model.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Use them to devise your own words of inspiration for life's bigger moments — and smaller ones too.—
Malaka Gharib,
NPR,
13 Aug. 2025
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Bud Billiken, the page’s fictional editor/mascot described as the guardian and protector of children, was invented by Abbott and the Defender’s executive editor, Lucius Harper.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
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In the 1920s, a Soviet aviation group invented their own sort of superhero: Egor Poddevkin, the dashing pilot.—
Danny Robb,
JSTOR Daily,
8 Aug. 2025
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The design of the bag is constructed in a maze-like pattern, and the bottom is wide, so there’s more room to pack your items next to each other instead of on top of one another.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
People.com,
14 Aug. 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,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Concoct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concoct. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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