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
New uses are continually being devised.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
With no worthy opponents left, Baki and the underground fighters grow restless — until a plan is devised to resurrect Miyamoto Musashi, Japan’s greatest swordsman.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 27 Jan. 2026
According to the indictment, Cuellar devised the scheme to operate a for-profit business with resources from the county sheriff's office without reimbursing the county.
—Arkansas Online, 24 Jan. 2026
Wally Feresten was the impartial judge of a sandwich draft Baz devised between her and Meyers.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2026
The dustup comes as Australia’s parliament prepares to consider harsher speech laws devised in the wake of the Bondi massacre.
—Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2026
Outside of the theory itself being devised by conscious humans using their brains, there’s scant reason to think so.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2026
Trump has instead engaged in a clumsy cover-up, insisting that the files are both a fantastical hoax devised by his enemies and also too boring to even merit discussion.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 12 Jan. 2026
In the 210-square-meter Georgian suite, Michelle Wu has devised an impeccable meld of Victorian heritage with a light touch of chinoiserie.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Jan. 2026
Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
With no worthy opponents left, Baki and the underground fighters grow restless — until a plan is devised to resurrect Miyamoto Musashi, Japan’s greatest swordsman.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 27 Jan. 2026
According to the indictment, Cuellar devised the scheme to operate a for-profit business with resources from the county sheriff's office without reimbursing the county.
—Arkansas Online, 24 Jan. 2026
Wally Feresten was the impartial judge of a sandwich draft Baz devised between her and Meyers.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2026
The dustup comes as Australia’s parliament prepares to consider harsher speech laws devised in the wake of the Bondi massacre.
—Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2026
Outside of the theory itself being devised by conscious humans using their brains, there’s scant reason to think so.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2026
Trump has instead engaged in a clumsy cover-up, insisting that the files are both a fantastical hoax devised by his enemies and also too boring to even merit discussion.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 12 Jan. 2026
In the 210-square-meter Georgian suite, Michelle Wu has devised an impeccable meld of Victorian heritage with a light touch of chinoiserie.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for devised
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In The Beauty, Ryan Murphy and co-creator Matthew Hodgson have concocted a genre-hopping oddity that sounds unlikely to work.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026
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Prosecutors say Brendan Banfield concocted an elaborate scheme to kill his wife, Christine Banfield, and another man, Joseph Ryan, in their family home in February 2023.—
Lauren del Valle,
CNN Money,
29 Jan. 2026
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Mexicali stakes a claim to the clamato cocktail, a heady blend of vodka, clam juice and other ingredients invented in the 1960s by a bartender at the city’s Acueducto Piano Bar.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Not the general kinds of graphs that the team was studying, but a special type of graph invented in 1878 by the mathematician Arthur Cayley.—
Leila Sloman,
Quanta Magazine,
28 Jan. 2026
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The current record is held by Sven Goebel, also from Germany, who constructed a 9-foot-6-inch tower made from 70,000 beer coasters in 2004.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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About 91% of office buildings constructed since 2000 are leased.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Jan. 2026
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Front and center for the look was a blue corset worn as part of the custom Jean Paul Gaultier guest designed by Ludovic de Saint Serni look Charli wore to the 2025 Grammy Awards, per her stylist Chris Horan’s Instagram story.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
30 Jan. 2026
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This new era will be defined by regional power blocs, industrial policy as national security and supply chains designed for trust, not just cost.—
Mark Minevich,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Devised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devised. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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