as in concocted
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination
she quickly devised a new scheme when the first one failed
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Recent Examples of devised
In this case, the team devised a way to directly merge the mechanophores as cross-links into common polymers.
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Shirl Leigh
june 10, New Atlas, 10 June 2026
The team’s Mediterranean Programme was devised in response to the exponential risk of extinction to the sea’s nearly 80 species of shark and ray.
—Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
For this, Merighi found two Italian academics, Francesco Bof and Sergio Venturini, who devised a system to go from the events on the pitch to a final score for each player at the end of every game.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 2 June 2026
The commonly mistaken base assumption is that the greatest minds that have devised AI and consumed so much money doing so must certainly know every iota of how AI works.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Building on a concept devised by the director and producer Pierre-Henri Léon, Santiago Otheguy’s script plays fast and loose with Bizet’s opera and the Prosper Mérimée novella that inspired it — to the point of inventing an entirely new protagonist.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 May 2026
And plenty of other models yet to be devised.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 31 May 2026
Earlier this week, it was revealed that the administration had devised a plan to establish a makeshift quarantine and treatment facility in Kenya—instead of bringing its citizens home for high-quality care at specialized facilities built for this purpose.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
This plan was devised with the help of the BCG consultants, McClain said.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026
Shirl Leigh
june 10, New Atlas, 10 June 2026
The team’s Mediterranean Programme was devised in response to the exponential risk of extinction to the sea’s nearly 80 species of shark and ray.
—Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
For this, Merighi found two Italian academics, Francesco Bof and Sergio Venturini, who devised a system to go from the events on the pitch to a final score for each player at the end of every game.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 2 June 2026
The commonly mistaken base assumption is that the greatest minds that have devised AI and consumed so much money doing so must certainly know every iota of how AI works.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Building on a concept devised by the director and producer Pierre-Henri Léon, Santiago Otheguy’s script plays fast and loose with Bizet’s opera and the Prosper Mérimée novella that inspired it — to the point of inventing an entirely new protagonist.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 May 2026
And plenty of other models yet to be devised.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 31 May 2026
Earlier this week, it was revealed that the administration had devised a plan to establish a makeshift quarantine and treatment facility in Kenya—instead of bringing its citizens home for high-quality care at specialized facilities built for this purpose.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
This plan was devised with the help of the BCG consultants, McClain said.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for devised
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In exchange for not being charged with a DUI, the family’s lawyer concocted a deal in which Skakel was sent to the controversial Élan School in Maine in an effort to correct his unruly behavior.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
7 Dec. 2025
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Greg Swartz of Bleacher Report concocted this trade idea that sees the Lakers land and shore up both their frontcourt and backcourt, the Dallas Mavericks duo of former All-Star Klay Thompson and Daniel Gafford.—
Ricardo Sandoval,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Dec. 2025
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It is rigorously tested for quality and consistency—the company that invented Cotton Candy grapes has employed secret shoppers to ensure that its name-brand fruit is never sold with a Brix degree lower than 19.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
11 June 2026
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Although Edeme never claimed to have invented the technique, she has widely been credited as the person who brought the style back into the fore.—
Janice Gassam Asare,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Dementia awareness, Hmong New Year among the themes Walk through the main entrance, and you'll be greeted by a friendly woolly mammoth constructed from clear packing tape; a white, fluffy tree; and bright red mushrooms.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
11 Dec. 2025
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The ramekin is constructed with premium stoneware and finished with a glossy glaze that guarantees even heat distribution and retention while resisting scratching, fading, and chipping.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
11 Dec. 2025
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The company said the short-term experiments are designed to help retailers keep essential items affordable.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
11 Dec. 2025
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The irony here is that much of this cultural golden era is pouring out of the Chinese internet, the most censored and surveilled digital ecosystem on the planet, existing behind a Great Firewall that’s designed to keep China’s internet users in, and foreign influences out.—
Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
11 Dec. 2025
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