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
More than 50 years passed before Kansas City artist and sculptor Dale Eldred in 1990 devised a workable design.
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Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025
Ultimately, the researchers believe the hottest engine ever devised will help the scientific community better understand thermodynamics.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
Brooke devised the novel during her tenure as the expatriate wife of a chaplain stationed at a British garrison in Quebec.
—JSTOR Daily, 18 Oct. 2025
One of Ando’s innovations, the TIFF Lounge series of talks, devised with leading Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, is attracting major talent; while the festival’s Competition line-up and other sections are drawing more world premieres and international guests.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
The most visible plans are those devised by the same international custodians who have engineered postwar order elsewhere in the Middle East.
—Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
To help the butterfly out, Bendicksen devised a plan to use the wing of a dead butterfly to repair the broken one.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Few dishes are irrefutably Athenian—apart, perhaps, from the curious Athinaïki salata, a mayonnaise-and-fish concoction devised to disguise leftovers.
—Katherine Whittaker, Saveur, 9 Oct. 2025
Toward the end of last month, GM devised a plan to have its in-house lending arm initiate the purchase of EVs in its dealers’ inventory.
—Mike Colias, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025
Ultimately, the researchers believe the hottest engine ever devised will help the scientific community better understand thermodynamics.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
Brooke devised the novel during her tenure as the expatriate wife of a chaplain stationed at a British garrison in Quebec.
—JSTOR Daily, 18 Oct. 2025
One of Ando’s innovations, the TIFF Lounge series of talks, devised with leading Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, is attracting major talent; while the festival’s Competition line-up and other sections are drawing more world premieres and international guests.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
The most visible plans are those devised by the same international custodians who have engineered postwar order elsewhere in the Middle East.
—Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
To help the butterfly out, Bendicksen devised a plan to use the wing of a dead butterfly to repair the broken one.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Few dishes are irrefutably Athenian—apart, perhaps, from the curious Athinaïki salata, a mayonnaise-and-fish concoction devised to disguise leftovers.
—Katherine Whittaker, Saveur, 9 Oct. 2025
Toward the end of last month, GM devised a plan to have its in-house lending arm initiate the purchase of EVs in its dealers’ inventory.
—Mike Colias, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for devised
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In the new Indonesian horror flick The Elixir, a new herbal potion concocted by a traditional medicine doctor accidentally wakes the dead, and now all Hell is breaking loose.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
17 Oct. 2025
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Unlike a harmless delusion, this is something that is concocted with an arc in mind, like Stacey’s relationship with TJ, Kenya Moore’s relationship with Walter Jackson her first season on RHOA, and Drew Sidora’s maybe-relationship with Dennis McKinley on this most recent season.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
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This crowd pleaser, invented by bartender Sam Ross in 2008, gets its charm from two different bittersweet Italian liqueurs, even though the resulting cocktail is neither particularly bitter nor sweet.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
25 Oct. 2025
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There’s no way Romy and Michele could have lied about having invented Post-its in 2025.—
Keaton Bell,
Vogue,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The sweater is constructed using mink wool and doesn’t showcase any visible seams.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Crafted out of a water-resistant and durable ripstop nylon material, it’s designed with RFID-blocking technology and is small enough to fit into a crossbody bag or jacket pocket.—
Asia London Palomba,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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They’re designed to have very few or zero single points of failure.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Devised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devised. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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