as in devises
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination
cooked up a scheme to get out of doing the dishes
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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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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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The bleak tortures Ohm concocts for his characters are as vile as the Bilberry’s fetid jacuzzi.
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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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An engineering prodigy, Harley has to get creative to survive her large family, and invents a number of gizmos and gadgets to help improve her chaotic household.
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Without it, the AI invents a new backdrop.
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“Cooks (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cooks%20%28up%29. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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