as in concocting
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 devising
States are getting creative in devising how the money will be collected either through taxation or voluntary donations by state residents.
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Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Working with industry qubits Imec’s genius is not in devising a new kind of qubit but in using one that’s the easiest to scale.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 26 May 2026
Counties across the state have been pondering this crisis and devising solutions that can be accomplished in partnership with our state leaders — because this crisis is unquestionably our shared responsibility to solve.
—Monica Montgomery Steppe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026
Rue frantically offered to help get Alamo's money back, calling Faye (Chloe Cherry) up on the phone and devising a plan to get a safe key from Wayne (Toby Wallace).
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 18 May 2026
To lower these risks, engineers are devising new ways to make wind turbines more visible and avoidable.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 May 2026
Those ping-pong balls are then placed in a plastic drum designed by Smartplay International, a company that specializes in devising lottery machines.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 11 May 2026
Prosecutors have also alleged that while out on bond, Gilley discussed plans to flee the country and obtain a new identity, including inquiries about securing foreign identification and devising a plan to remove his GPS monitor.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
For 39 years, Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act has required redistricting institutions to consider racial and ethnic minority representation when devising congressional districts.
—Sam D. Hayes, The Conversation, 29 Apr. 2026
Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Working with industry qubits Imec’s genius is not in devising a new kind of qubit but in using one that’s the easiest to scale.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 26 May 2026
Counties across the state have been pondering this crisis and devising solutions that can be accomplished in partnership with our state leaders — because this crisis is unquestionably our shared responsibility to solve.
—Monica Montgomery Steppe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026
Rue frantically offered to help get Alamo's money back, calling Faye (Chloe Cherry) up on the phone and devising a plan to get a safe key from Wayne (Toby Wallace).
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 18 May 2026
To lower these risks, engineers are devising new ways to make wind turbines more visible and avoidable.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 May 2026
Those ping-pong balls are then placed in a plastic drum designed by Smartplay International, a company that specializes in devising lottery machines.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 11 May 2026
Prosecutors have also alleged that while out on bond, Gilley discussed plans to flee the country and obtain a new identity, including inquiries about securing foreign identification and devising a plan to remove his GPS monitor.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
For 39 years, Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act has required redistricting institutions to consider racial and ethnic minority representation when devising congressional districts.
—Sam D. Hayes, The Conversation, 29 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for devising
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And she’s spent a decade scaling her brand into an industry disrupter; Ellsworth began concocting prebiotic drinks in 2015, founding her business just one year later.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
11 May 2026
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According to the report, workers illegally pocketed between $20,000 and more than $41,000 in Paycheck Protection Program loans from a massive federal COVID-19 pandemic relief effort – some by concocting companies that didn't exist to pocket federal assistance funds.—
Chris Tye,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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For the mixed martial arts event, crews have spent the past three weeks constructing the Claw, a 92-foot-tall structure that will house the Octagon.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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The first phase includes grading the site, building roadways around the property, constructing ball fields and relocating existing overhead power lines underground, the latter of which has already been completed in a contract with Idaho Power.—
Noah Daly,
Idaho Statesman,
11 June 2026
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There is this common understanding of the disruptive way of inventing a genre.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
9 June 2026
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Since inventing optical fiber for long-range communication in 1970, Corning has provided millions of miles of cables to connect racks together in AI data centers from all the major players.—
Katie Tarasov,
CNBC,
8 June 2026
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Tasked with designing the FIFA KC Fan Fest site for the World Cup, Kansas City sports architecture firm Populous checked the boxes of musts to be included for the site at the World War I Museum.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
13 June 2026
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The latter, a toy company, co-owns the Transformers brand with Hasbro and used their expertise and technology developed from designing toys of the Autobots and Decepticons to give SORA-Q its transforming capabilities.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
13 June 2026
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