concocts

present tense third-person singular of concoct

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of concocts The new film continues the story of the conclusion of Holland’s third Spider-Man film, where Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) concocts a spell to make everyone forget Peter as a way to save the multiverse. — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 Driver’s character concocts a way for the duo to start an environmental business together as Russians, largely the mafia, are involved in recalibrating a canal in New York City. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 17 May 2026 The bleak tortures Ohm concocts for his characters are as vile as the Bilberry’s fetid jacuzzi. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026 At dinner, the chef concocts a concise selection of three courses, taking personal dietary requirements into account. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026 In it, Pattinson concocts three cocktails thematically linked to his own work and three more inspired by his all-time favorite films. — Emma Specter, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2026 The administration concocts a legal rationale for a foreign policy objective. — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026 Executive pastry chef Jess Robertson, Ian’s wife, concocts desserts ranging from $4 oatmeal cream pies to $100 banana splits. — Mary Lebus, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Dec. 2025 Lockjaw, obsessed with everything about Perfidia, concocts a reason to send authorities into the town where Bob and Willa are living. — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for concocts
Verb
  • The British-American actress plays Hannah, a music student who devises a fake dating scheme with hockey star Garrett (Belmont Cameli) to catch the attention of her crush, Justin (Josh Heuston).
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
  • Six men are eaten by the Cyclops before Odysseus devises a plan to escape from the cave they are trapped in.
    — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • They were not built for a group that invents its own vocabulary, drafts its own security protocols, and revises its own history when the record becomes inconvenient.
    — Michael Morris, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Ill-advisedly, Wladyka introduces imaginary sequences in which Haru invents dance numbers out of ordinary situations.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Through artifacts spanning 5,000 years, the exhibition constructs an extraordinary history of fashion and the body—material, carnal, vulnerable, seductive, devotional, fragmented—and its transpositions into various expressive languages.
    — Judith Clark, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Hur judiciously constructs scene after scene that pulls and pushes the various probes closer to and further from the mysterious truth, which feels at once obscured and hidden in plain sight.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026

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“Concocts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concocts. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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