as in devises
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 concocts
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.
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Anthony D'alessandro,
Deadline,
17 May 2026
The bleak tortures Ohm concocts for his characters are as vile as the Bilberry’s fetid jacuzzi.
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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.
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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.
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Emma Specter,
Vogue,
8 Apr. 2026
The administration concocts a legal rationale for a foreign policy objective.
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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.
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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.
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Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
24 Sep. 2025
Green House Bakery in Oakland concocts an unbelievable pie, featuring curd made from the fruit grown right outside the home bakery.
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Cesar Hernandez,
San Francisco Chronicle,
7 Sep. 2024
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
Green House Bakery in Oakland concocts an unbelievable pie, featuring curd made from the fruit grown right outside the home bakery.
—
Cesar Hernandez,
San Francisco Chronicle,
7 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for concocts
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Now saddled with the moral dilemma of keeping the money or turning it in, the trio devises a simple plan.
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Bright leads the cast of Off Campus as Hannah, a music student who devises a fake dating scheme with hockey star Garrett in order to catch the attention of her crush, Justin.
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For a few minutes, nobody cared that this team is an expensive, disjointed, underperforming, charisma-free mess that invents ways to lose.
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That kind of popularity and radiant goodness produces a lineage of artists but doesn’t have the crowd appeal of a lone genius who invents a flying machine or pulls a seventeen-foot sculpture out of a block of marble.
Verb
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The Yale startup, which constructs quantum computers, was acquired in January for $550 million by D-Wave, a leading quantum business based in Palo Alto, Calif.
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The mRNA is then read by a piece of molecular machinery called the ribosome, which constructs the protein — a process called translation.
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“Concocts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concocts. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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