as in devising
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 concocting
According to the report, workers illegally pocketed between $20,000 and more than $41,000 in Paycheck Protection Program loans from a massive federal COVID-19 pandemic relief effort – some by concocting companies that didn't exist to pocket federal assistance funds.
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Chris Tye, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
As Gyllenhaal begins concocting her third directorial feature, could Curtis be part of the picture?
—Antonio Ferme, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026
Gyllenhaal, who also wrote her film, has corrected the imbalance, refashioning the story from the Bride’s perspective and concocting a protagonist of unfiltered feminist fury.
—ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
The reality is that the AI is concocting elaborate personas, faking as though humans are writing about human woes.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Both activities can be fairly ordinary hobbies—games of imagination not so different from crushing on a pop star or concocting stories about a film protagonist.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2026
Later in the episode, Kody took aim at Janelle, accusing her once again of concocting a plan to try and sell Coyote Pass out from under Meri.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
So is facing a deluge of division title-winners who spent the offseason concocting new ways to beat them.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Notably, the computers seem to have a knack for concocting bizarre physics experiments — designs that humans wouldn’t think of, which nevertheless work.
—Quanta Magazine, 17 Dec. 2025
Chris Tye, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
As Gyllenhaal begins concocting her third directorial feature, could Curtis be part of the picture?
—Antonio Ferme, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026
Gyllenhaal, who also wrote her film, has corrected the imbalance, refashioning the story from the Bride’s perspective and concocting a protagonist of unfiltered feminist fury.
—ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
The reality is that the AI is concocting elaborate personas, faking as though humans are writing about human woes.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Both activities can be fairly ordinary hobbies—games of imagination not so different from crushing on a pop star or concocting stories about a film protagonist.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2026
Later in the episode, Kody took aim at Janelle, accusing her once again of concocting a plan to try and sell Coyote Pass out from under Meri.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
So is facing a deluge of division title-winners who spent the offseason concocting new ways to beat them.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Notably, the computers seem to have a knack for concocting bizarre physics experiments — designs that humans wouldn’t think of, which nevertheless work.
—Quanta Magazine, 17 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for concocting
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The board has also contemplated devising an explanation or message for the county’s website detailing to the public the reason for the changes.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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There were also signs of progress on property taxes as lawmakers on the House Ways and Means Committee advanced their tax cut proposal — although their plan remains far from the one their Senate counterparts are devising.—
Stephen Gruber-Miller,
Des Moines Register,
19 Mar. 2026
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That’s the kind of thing Cook’s Apple was good at inventing—reasons to stick around in Apple’s ecosystem once you’d already been drawn in.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2026
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The first is inventing yourself.—
Rachel DeSantis,
PEOPLE,
23 Apr. 2026
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To overcome these limitations, researchers propose constructing a continuous field of local reference frames guided by surface geometry and keypoints.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Apr. 2026
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Soft robotics, a subfield of robotics that says robots can be squishy, focuses on constructing robots from highly flexible, deformable materials and systems.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Concocting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concocting. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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